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THE 



GENTLEMAN'S DOG, 



HIS 

Rearing, Training and Treatment. 

EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN CLINIC; AUTHOR BRYCE'S PRACTICE OF 
MEDICINE, ETC. 



RICHMOND, VA. 

SOUTHERN CLINIC PRINT 
1909. 



P^j ANY men never have known the pleasure 
y^^ of being loved by man's best friend. They 
consequently have never learned to love this faith- 
ful animal friend — the truest on earth to man. 
They are like the poor fellow with the muck rake 
who was so busy enriching himself with the foul 
products of earth that he could not see the mellow 
rays of an evening sunset nor inhale the fragrance of 
the violet at his feet. 

Poor fellow, he never owned nor loved a dog, nor 
would a decent dog have cared for his love. 

But the Almighty certainly created the dog for 
companionship with mankind, and true to his 
instincts, he will return tenfold in love and loyalty 



IV PREFACE. 

all we can do for him. But in the parlance of the 
Old Virginia Gentleman, he must be treated like a 
white man, and that means something more than 
crusts and kicks and sleeping on the ash-pile. 

This little book is intended to fill a want yet nn- 
filled, as many dog books as we have, for it teaches 
how to care for, train and treat the diseases of your 
bird dog, and does not keep you constantly buying 
dog foods and dog remedies, but tells you what to 
get, how to prepare and how to use remedies after 
you have prepared them. 

It is written by a dog lover, a dog owner, a 
huntsman and a medical doctor, and it is what you 
need. 

The Author. 



To the memory of my dear friend, 

who has given me many happy days afield, 
this little book is lovingly dedicated. 



Copyrighted 1909 by C. A. Bryce, M. D, 



THE GENTLEMAN'S DOG, 



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EFOKE entering upon the important subject 
of training the bird dog for active field work 
we will devote a little space to the consideration of 
the natural tendencies and disposition of all bird 
dogs, and the peculiar idiosyncrasies of many indi- 
vidual dogs of their classes. We would also urge 
upon our readers the importance of knowing their 
own dispositions and weaknesses before undertaking 
to train so sensitive an animal as a thorough bred 
pointer or setter. 

While all dogs have certain instincts and traits in 
common, they are individually as different in temp- 
erament and peculiarities as men. 



10 

There is no one who has read even the little story 
books of childhood days who has not had instances 
without number of the dog's fidelity and love im- 
pressed upon his mind. Cases in which dogs have 
starved to death while watching over the graves of 
their departed friends are numerous; and the many 
rescues of persons from drowning and fire where the 
faithful animal has, regardless of suffering, saved the 
little child who has gained his love are familiar to 
all. These examples show that the dog possesses in 
a high degree the qualities of love, devotion, intelli- 
gence and courage; and with such qualities one can 
train and perfect a faithful servant and warm heart- 
ed companion that will prove more sincere than any 
human being usually met with outside of the imme- 
diate family circle. 

Possibly the best all-around tribute to the dog's 
good qualities may be found in Senator Vest's elo- 
quent speech before a jury in a western court some 
years ago when a brute of a man was being tried for 
killing a faithful dog. If you have never read it, it 
will be worth the price of this book; and if you have 
read it, it will not hurt you to read it again and again. 



tHE gentleman's DOG. 11 

Senator Yest, of Missouri, was attending court in 
a country town, and while waiting for the trial of a 
case in which he was interested, he was urged by 
the attorneys in a dog case to help them. He was 
paid a fee of $250 by the plaintiff. Voluminous ev- 
idence was introduced to show that the defendant 
had shot the dog in malice, while other evidence 
went to show that the dog had attacked the defend- 
ant. Vest took no part in the trial and was not dis- 
posed to speak. The attorneys, however, urged him 
to make a speech, else their client would not think 
he had earned his fee. Being thus urged, he arose, 
scanned the face of each juryman for a moment, and 
said: 

"Gentlemen of the Jury — The best friend a man 
has in the world may turn against him and become 
his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared 
with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who 
are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust 
with our happiness and our good name, may become 
traitors to their faith. The money that a man has 
he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps, when 
he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sac- 



1^ 

riticed in a moment of ill-considered action. The 
people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us 
honor when success is with us may be the first to 
throw the stone of malice when failure settles its 
cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish 
friend that man can have in this selfish world, the 
one that neverdeserts him, the one that never proves 
ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog 
stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health 
and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, 
where the wintry winds blow, and the snow drives 
fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. 
He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he 
will lick the wounds and sores that come in encoun- 
ter with the roughness of the world. He guards the 
sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. 
When all other friends desert he remains. When 
riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he 
is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys 
through the heavens. 

"If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in 
the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog 
asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying 



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him, to guard against danger, to fight against his 
enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, 
and death takes the master in its embrace, and his 
body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if 
all other friends pursue their way, there by the 
graveside will the noble dog be found, his head be- 
tween his paws, his eyes sad, but 'open in alert 
watchfulness, faithful and true even in death." 

Then Vest sat down. He had spoken in a low 
voice, without any gesture. He made no reference 
to the evidence or the merits of the case. When 
he finished, judge and jury were wiping their eyes. 
The jury tiled out, but soon entered with a verdict 
in favor of the plaintiff for $500. He had sued for 
$200. It is even said that some of the jurors actu- 
ally wanted to hang the defendant. 

There may be a question as to why we liave lim- 
ited the appellation of the Gentleman's Dog in this 
little volume to the bird dog— the pointer and setter. 
We have no authority for thus classifying these dogs 
to the exclusion of the fox hound and shepherd- 
both special favorites with everybody. Bnt as we 
look back upon a memory picture of old Virginia, 



14 

her gentlemen, and her dogs also, in their palmiest 
days, we cannot disassociate the bird dogs of ante- 
bellum days from those lordly old fellows known as 
Old Yirginia Gentlemen! 

In "dem good ole days" when the plantation 
songs enlivened the labors of the hundreds of blacks 
as the golden harvests yielded to their cradles, and 
"ole marster" rode among them over his broad acres 
on his easy-going pacer he was almost always ac- 
companied by a brace of thorough-bred pointers. 

The poor white man and the free negro hunted 
"ole hyars and 'possums" with the hound; but the 
bloods of Yirginia bird-hunted on thorough-bred 
horses and with dogs of pure blood likewise. With 
this picture of the past we still remember the bird 
dog as the Gentleman's Dog! 

It would be unfair in us to leave our readers under 
the impression that these dogs were the prominent 
or principal dogs owned by gentlemen in those days, 
for nearly all wealthy gentlemen owned large packs 
of hounds and indulged in f jx hunting extensively. 
So much was the sport endorsed and popularized that 
no one oi)jected to the mad rush of dogs and horses 



15 

over his tields and fences. Indeed when the hounds 
were heard coming in full cry, the negroes in the 
fields would often quit their work, open fences in 
advance of the approaching riders, unhitch the mules 
and horses from the plows and join in tlie chase along 
with their masters. So while we shall still take thfe 
bird dog for our theme, we saj: Here's to the Hound. 



mO^W/ TQ> FEB® ^ME FWFFir, 



NE of the most perplexing things the unin- 
itiated have to learn is how to feed the pup- 
py when he is taken from its mothfer. It is usually 
overdone, frequently too much in quantity and too 
little in the right articles for his developing age. 
The multitude of counsellors in the case of the 
puppy raiser is certainly without safety for the pup, 
however true it may be as regards the rest of the 
creatures of this sphere. One will tell you to be 
careful and not let him have any meat or grease; 
another will caution you against milk for fear of 
worms So between the dangers of distemper, 
worms and scratches there may come the greater 
danger of letting your puppy die of inanition. 



17 

Nothing prepares a pnppj for any of the diseases 
mentioned better than gradual starvation under 
ignorant ideas of proper feeding. 

One of the most sensible replies that we ever 
received to a question of ours as to liow we should 
feed and treat our little weanling of a setter who 
had a troublesome diarrhoea and looked general!}^ 
miserable and unhappy, came back to us over the 
telephone from a level headed dog man as follows: 
"Doctor, treat him just like you would your little 
baby." 

The most valuable remedy in the whole dog 
pharmacopoeia is Gomnion sense, and we advise our 
friends who wish to raise healthy and happy dogs 
to use their judgment and experience while listen- 
ing to the advice of others who know probably less 
about the dog than they do themselves. 

Puppies cannot all be subjected to the same line 
of treatment anymore than children can, and this is 
the reason that the well-meant advice of our friends 
is so often actually harmful in individual cases. 

If you examine a dog's teeth you will see that he 
was intended to be a meat eater, and from his con- 



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formation it is evident that as he was not certain 
in primitive days of always getting his meat at 
regular times his capacity for taking a large meal, 
for enduring hunger, and for severe exertion was 
great. But this should also teach us a lesson that 
according to a dog's needs should he be fed. The 
results would be quite different if we allowed the 
puppy with little exercise to gorge himself as the 
sinewy hungry dog does after a hard day's work. 
One would be injured while the other be benefitted. 
The growing puppy requires an abundance of 
nourishing food rich in nerve and bone factors and 
a plentiful supply at all times of fresh, clean drink- 
ing water. The setter or in fact any of his class 
will drink a great quantity of water, and unless 
this is provided he will suffer for it and decline in 
health. In our days of civilization the dog, of 
course, has no longer to pursue game for his sup- 
port and consequently his exercise is not severe 
enough to demand that his food should be meat at 
all times. For this reason a mixed diet is best for 
the growing dog as well as the mature one. As a 
general rule the healthiest puppies are raised from 



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the general scrappa_2;e from the family table, with 
occasionally some odds and ends from the butcher. 
It is safe to let a young dog eat whatever he finds in 
this table offal and just as much as he will hold. He 
can have milk and meat, cooked and raw, in spite of 
all the ominous head shaking of the wise ones, and 
he will improve and grow fat and strong^ on it. I 
have raised some of the finest dogs I ever saw by 
giving them a start with raw meat, and keeping them 
fed plentifully on it for a week at a time until they 
wanted something else, and then they would go ahead 
eating corn bread, mush and milk, and table offal, 
when before that they would not touch it, and would 
have starved if restricted to it. It is a good rule 
when your puppy gets off his food or off the ortho- 
dox food as you have been taught, to let him eat 
whatever he may prefer, whether it agrees with the 
usual teaching or not, for here is where common 
sense saves the day every time. Twice I have had 
fine puppies saved by my wife who, in spite of my 
former ideas of dieting too rigorously, just stuffed 
them >vith all manner of raw meat, grease, and other 
prohibited articles with the result of bringing them 



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back to tlie normal in a hnrry. I write this not to 
encourage recklessness in feeding but to show that 
circumstances must govern our conduct in the man- 
agement of the puppy as in other conditions affect- 
ing our own lives and health. It must be remem- 
bered that the growing puppy wiil require gradually 
increasing amounts of food and of a stronger char- 
acter, and the making of big bones must be kept in 
view all the time, for upon a strong skeleton we hope 
to build a strong dog. Therefore do not let the 
nothing-but- corn-bread idea get hold of you too 
strong. Good "grudging" flour as we call the old 
time seconds or brown flour that the country millers 
send back .when they make us a barrel of white flour 
is one of the best possible additions to the occasional 
food of the young dog. Mixed with a little corn- 
meal and properly baked it makes a delightful change 
of diet for a few days at a time. 

One of the best all around foods that we know 
of is made from a recipe appearing in the Amateur 
Trainer^ one of the best books on training of the 
bird dog in the English language, and written by 
our friend, Ed. H. Haberlein, of McPherson, Kan- 



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sas, and sold by him at $1.50 postpaid, a book that 
you all should have. His formula is as follow,^: — 

"Secure scraps at yonr meat shop, or buy a chunk 
of cheapest beef; put this into a kettle with hot 
water and a pinch of salt, and boil until meat falls 
from the bones; fish out the latter, and with a fork 
stir meat into chreds, to remain in the broth. I^ow 
stir and work into this a mixture consisting half and 
half of corn meal and shorts to a stiff dough; fill 
low pans and place into a slow oven till quite well 
baked through. When cooled cut pone into suita- 
ble pieces. Tlie quantity of meat thus worked into 
meal and shorts may be in proportion of one to six- 
At the slaughter house the head of a beef may 
be had for the asking, and such a one can be util 
ized for the above purpose with very good results. 
After boiling, the bones of the head become quite 
brittle, and these form a splendid part of the dog's 
diet. Dog bread made as above stated will keep 
for a long time, and it embodies nourishment of 
the very best quality; the dogs eat it with delight 
and remain in excellent condition". 

Like the grown dog the puppy's heaviest meal 



22 THE gentleman's dog. 

should be his supper, and in cold weather it should 
contain enough meat scraps or a little fat to help 
keep hi in warm. Cooked greens and other vegeta- 
bles, pot liquor and corn bread softened in it is tip- 
top. He needs a variety just like you and me, and 
if this general idea is borne in mind you will raise 
a strong sprightly dog that will stand by you under 
all conditions, whatever may come 



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gSg S we have said a first-class dog should be 
^1^ treated like "a white man" to use a com- 
mon expression of we "down south" fellows. You 
cannot expect to raise a decent self-respecting dog 
unless you think enough of him to give him com- 
fortable, clean, and well attended sleeping quarters 
A dog that has to scurry around when night comes 
on for a place to sleep is nobody's dog and will 
soon not have courage or bottom enough to defend 
his home when you give him one. 

The country dog is more likely to be neglected 
in this respect than the dog raised in a city for ob 
vious reasons, and yet it is just as important to 
teach a dog in the country that he has a better 



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place for his lodging-room than the cow shed, hay 
stack, or under the house. Inattention to this pro- 
vision of one certain comfortable place for sleeping 
belonging solely to the one dog is one of the surest 
ways of creating a rambler from home and encour- 
aging shiftless ways and inconstancy towards his 
master. 

From about the first of May to the latter part of 
September the dog needs no other bed than the 
ground or clean plank floor under an open shelter. 
For the remainder of the year he needs a comforta- 
ble kennel or other compartment in some building 
that he can get in and out at all times The size of 
the keimel or room in the building should be small 
enough to allow the natural heat from the dog's 
body to accumulate and help to keep him warm 
with the least expenditure of his own reserve. We 
would say a room two and-a half by three feet and 
four feet high would be an average good house for 
the dog. It should be so constructed that its sides 
could be removed to allow thorough cleaning at 
regular intervals as well as for arranging the bed- 
ding. The floor should be absolutely airtight, for 



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no dog can be kept comfortable in severe weather 
upon a floor admitting air from beneath, however 
much you may cover it with bedding. It is equal- 
ly as important to allow sufficient ventilation over- 
head, for dogs need fresh, pure air as well as 
body warmth. The best way to keep the cold 
winds from disturbing the dog in his sleeping room 
is to have a wigwam-shaped entrance which may be 
built of plank or canvas as is most handy. This 
winding entrance securely guards the puppy or old- 
er dog from the severe winds that tax his powers 
and lay him liable to diseases only awaiting certain 
depressed conditions to make themselves manifest. 
The bedding may consist of several layers of 
crocus bags, carpeting, pinetags, excelsior, walnut 
leaves and similar stuff. I am opposed to allowing 
wheat straw under dogs, for it certainly has a ten- 
dency to promote skin troubles. The bedding 
should be frequently changed and renewed, for fil- 
thy bedding is all that is needed to produce any 
number of obstinate skin affections. 



I 



HE dog having no pores in its skin has not 
^ the advantage of the freely sweating animals 
of relieving the hide of many impurities and con- 
sequently is far more liable to skin affections than 
might be supposed. It is particularly true of long 
haired dogs, as the setter and shepherd dog. Such 
dogs need frequent bathing both for their comfort 
and for health. They can be best protected from 
vermin and incipient mange by systematic washing 
with a good antiseptic soap once or twice a week. 
I am confident that many cases of mange or so call- 
ed scratches commence from a dirty irritated skin, 
and more particularly will this be the case if the 
skin has gotten in a state of rebellion by the pres- 



^1 

ence of thousands of dog lice which infest dirty 
hides on ill nourished dogs. The frequent bath re- 
lieves and prevents all these conditions. 

Now the novice will wish to know whether to 
wash his dog in cold weather, whether to use warm 
or cold water, what kind of soap to use and many 
other questions that we would hardly suppose him 
to ask, yet this is natural when a man wishes to do 
exactly right about all the details in caring for a 
good dog in a humane manner. And we would 
say in this instance as in ail others: In all cases 
use good common sense, as circumstances changing 
will force conditions to be so altered that you can- 
not follow any hard and fast rules. Adapt the 
temperature of the bath to the comfort of the dog; 
if the weather is very cold take the chill off the 
water, wash the dog in a sheltered place and be 
sure to dry him thoroughly before turning him out 
of doors. This is all the precaution needed for 
washing in winter. I seldom use warm bath for 
dogs even in w^inter, but often take off the chill. 
The main care being to rub the dog thoroughly dry 
so that he will not be chilled after his bath. In 



28 THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 

summer the natural temperature of the water is all 
right and if the sun is shining and the dog can 
have a run and wallow in the grass I omit rubbing 
him dry. 

The question of what soap to use will arise and 
you will be told that this, that or the other is the 
best. The fact is they all are good, but very little 
better than the average soap sold in the grocery or 
drug stores for family use. Some are entirely too 
high for their actual worth because they are sold on 
reputation, and claims, that we are sorry to say, 
have not been realized in our experience. Any 
good castile or tar soap will be all needed for your 
dog's bath, and if you need to treat him for any 
skin affection it is better to apply a direct remedy 
for the disease than to rely upon the small amount 
of drug in an ordinary washing soap to cure him. 

The mistake is frequently made of using a soap 
too strong with carbolic acid or other antiseptic 
agents which leaves the skin irritated, w4ien really 
the object is to leave the skin clean and pliable 
with a good lively feeling and scented pleasantly 
with such agents as will drive away insects and 



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make an agreeable odor at the same time. We 
greatly prefer the regular use of a good eastile soap 
followed by a spray of mild carbolized water, creo 
lin, or spirits of lavender, all of which will drive 
away paiasites and vermin. 







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^j^lP EXT to proper feeding for the puppy and 
gl^l^ growing dog is correct and regular exercise. 
This like other things in the care of the dog is fre- 
quently given with the very best intentions, but re- 
sults disastrously to the young dog. It must not 
be argued that if exercise will aid the puppy's di- 
gestion and development of frame and muscle, that 
the more the better for this purpose. Exercise, 
like medicine should be administered in proper dos- 
es, at proper times and with regularity to accom- 
plish certain desired results. No two dogs have 
exactly the same powers of indurance nor the same 
capacity nor need for food or exercise. This is a 



31 

matter for the trainer or owner to ascertain from a 
study of the individual dog or puppy. 

No growing puppy can be kept healthy and de- 
veloped to the best advantage for field work with- 
out systematic exercise gradually increased food 
consumption and bodily growth. 

It should be borne in mind that the young dog is 
taken out to improve his digestion, strengthen his 
muscular and nervous system, to improve his circu- 
lation and give him ''good wind," and lastly, and 
by no means least, to let him get acquainted with 
the world so as not to conduct himself like a 
fool the first time he finds himself outside of his 
yard. 

Simply walking along a highway or running over 
the pike is not the correct form of exercise. The 
dog is to be trained for the work ahead of him. 
He should be allowed a free rein to go in the fields, 
jump ditches, run and race in the leaves and pine 
tags and take a plunge in the ponds and streams as 
he likes. From six montlis until the dog is a year 
old he should have at least 2 or 3 outings a week 
working him up to his full capacity of endurance — 



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THE GENTLEMAN S DOG. 



hut not leyond. A dog so raised will be in condi- 
tion to take the field when he is a year old and stay 
with the best of them all day long. 



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IgK HE great pririci})le in training the bird dog, 
^1^ or any other dog for that matter, is to gain 
his affection, his respect, and his ol)edience; and 
the chief of these is obedience — prompt and une- 
quivocal. We have often noticed performances go- 
ing on between the master and young dog under 
the name of training when in fact the young dog 
was being ruined, just as many a child is ruined by 
a too indulgent and soft hearted parent. 

The half-handed system of playing with a young 
setter or pointer and persuading him to come to 
you, fetch, or lie down, is not understood by the 
doo; as beino^ in the order of command, nor does he 
consider that he is obeying your command when he 



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brings yon a ball or stick under sucb conditions. 
In otber words, lie is playing witb yon and stops 
when he gets enough of it. There is no use to get 
mad and whip or cower him at this stage; you will 
only n)ake matters worse and after a while he will 
be afraid even to play that kind of game with you. 
It is all right to play with your dog — it makes 
him affectionate and giv(8 him a good disposition, 
but let it be play pure and simple and do not give 
him any commands, nor impose any task upon him, 
and let him quit whenever he likes. But when you 
commence to train you must let him understand 
that it is a matter of business and obedience and 
then you must let your orders and words be few, 
distinct and be obeyed. One of the greatest les- 
sons taught dog trainers lias been the instruction 
in what is known as the force system without the 
whip. Our friend Edward F Haberlein, tlie au- 
thor of an excellent manual, gives very full direc- 
tions for this system by the use of the force col- 
lar. We commend the book to our readers. But 
the principle involved owes its value to the un- 
derlying foundation-stone of teaching obedience in 



35 

small things in the beginning, and instead of beat- 
ing and cowering a dog, to so control liim that he 
sees it is best to do what he is commanded to do. 

Now to start with : We must make objection to 
much that is considered "the thing'' in dog training. 
We are totally opposed to a lot of unnecessary, and, 
to our mind, fooli.'^h accomplishments insisted upon 
by "professional" dog trainers and dog owners. 
There are also terms wliich are not in common use 
with the average person and which we believe 
sluiuld be dropped. Of course if you are going to 
train a dog to meet the requirements of a select 
few, you must teach him to do all the stunts requir- 
ed by these critics, and in this way you perfect him 
in one way and handicap him in another and fre- 
quently ruin him for field work. It must be re- 
membered too that you are training your dog for 
your own pleasure and for your own field work; and 
as no two men nor dogs possess the same ideas or 
dispositions, possibly your dog will work to suit 
you perfectly when no other dog would do it half 
so well. Therefore you wish a good, sweet tem- 
pered and obedient dog at home and afield. 



36 

To illustrate tlie importance of few commands 
and instant obedience, I will mention that on one 
occasion I a^^ked a veteran huntsman and dog raiser 
what he considered the most important thing to 
teach a bird dog. He promptly replied "If I had 
only one thing to teach my pointer or setter it 
would be to "stop instantly anywhere I told him to 
do so." And another great hunter made almost a 
similar reply when he told ns that a dog should al- 
ways be under such cominand "that you can get 
your hand on him when you want him." 

The })oint insisted upon is not only obedience but 
jprompt obedience. When you tell a dog to "take 
care" or "down," he must not continue to walk 
ahead slowing down gradually and getting into a 
covey orupo!i a single bird, he must stop as prompt- 
ly as the sound of the voice reaches his ear. 

To illustrate again on this vital point: When 
you go into your back yard and whistle and clap 
your hands and say "come here Bob" and your doir 
comes bounding to you, he does not do this because 
you say "come here" but because he is glad to see 
you and wants to play with you and welcome you. 



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When you toss a ball out to him and he runs after 
it and brings it to you, he does not do it because 
you tell him to "fetch it," but because it is fun 
foi him. He has no idea that he is under your 
dominion or in any sense obeying you. 

Bat when you see him anywhere ai)ont the prem- 
ises, no matter how far off, and no matter how much 
engaged in play or otherwise, if you say to him in 
a distinct, quiet tone, "Down" and he immediately 
piostrates himself with fore feet extended and head 
resting flat upon the ground, he is obeying your 
command. If you then tell him "Up" and he gets 
up and stands awaiting further orders, he is obeying. 
If you can say "Come here" — no coaxing, beckon- 
ing or encouragement, and if he promptly comes to 
you, and obeys the other few commands — "Take 
care," "Sit down," you have a dog that is as well 
trained as mortal man can train an intelligent ani- 
mal and all other things can be easily achieved with 
but little trouble. 

Now, h«'W is the best way to reach this desirable 
state with the young dog? 

As we have said, dogs differ in disposition and 



^8 THE GENTLEMAN S DOG. 

while many may be trained by patience and gentle- 
ness, some will require more forcible measures than 
others and for this class we unhesitatingly recom- 
mend Haberlein's method of the force collar and 
cord. 

We have found that the vocabulary for all usual 
purposes with the bird dog may be contained with- 
in about the following list, and are the most impor- 
tant in the <3rder in which they are stated : "Take 
care" which means to stop and remain in a standing 
position until ordered forward. "Hie on" which 
means to advance or seize the object which he stop- 
ped to point. "Hie Away" which means liberty to 
go away, play or do what he likes — in the field it 
means to proceed to scour the fields and range for 
game. "Sit Down." Emphasize the word "sit" 
and pronounce "down" lightly. The dog should 
sit upon his haunches and be attentive for any oth- 
er command or order. "Down" is one of the most 
important commands, and should be followed by an 
instant prostration of the dog's body, extension of 
the fore legs forward and a complete dropping of 
the head flat between the front feet. The dog 



3d 

should associate this command with a downward 
waving of the hand ; so that when at a distance, or 
when jou wish to tnake no noise a simple wave of 
the hand towards the earth will bring him down 
promptly. 

''Come Here"— "Bring It" and "Let Go" are 
self explanator}', and these eight commands will fit 
your dog for the field. Understand — you cannot 
teach your dog to hunt and find game, point it and 
retrieve it after it is killed. If he does not inherit 
these tendencies and practise them naturall}^ he is 
worthless. But you can so train him that he will 
point or stand and retrieve anything and when he 
finds game he will be cautious and obedient and 
soon adapt your general training to his special work 
afield. 



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Tim^m F@m ^K^iiiiEf^. 



^jf^^ UCIl lias l)een said and written as to tlie 
ll^yS proper time to commence ti-ainino^ the pup- 
pj. This is subject to varjiiig conditions, for really 
while a dog's education should commence as soon as 
it is old enough to understand anything, the serious 
methodical training should not be undertaken until 
a puppy is six or eight months old and reasonably 
well developed. 

So our rule is to commence with the pup at two 
or three months and the first thing we teach him is 
to ''Take Cdre" before he eats his food— not always, 
but so mmy times a week. It is just as important 
to let him have his food without this command also, 
as it tea(5h'3S him tiie difference between obedience 



41 

and restraint on the one hand and freedom and lib- 
erty on the other. 

Therefore we take the pappy and set his plate of 
food before hirn and while gently restraining him 
by holding, we say in a qniet, distinct tone; "Take 
Care," and keep him quiet for a few moments, re 
leasing him with the words "Hie on." Be careful 
and always try to speak the words plainly and in 
the same quiet tone, and by all means do not keep 
repeating them as if you were fearful he would not 
obey — make Kim take care by simply holding him 
quietly without further words. Don't overtax the 
puppy's patience, but gradually extend the time un- 
til your dog will wait a full minute for you — or 
longer. 

Don't make the mistake of getting too far away 
from the puppy until you know you have him 
staunch, then you may caution him and place his 
food three or four feet in front of him and, stand- 
ing to one side and between him and his plate, give 
the order to "Take Care." The puppy should 
stand staunchly until you order him on. Then you 
should gradually increase the distance so that where- 



42 

ever you are he will come to a prompt stand wlien- 
ever he hears your voice. 

Don't lose your temper, nor chastise the dog, but 
keep cool and firm, and maintain absolute control of 
him by actually holding him if necessary. Never 
give a puppv two commands at the same time nor 
in different words for the same command ; you will 
confound him and make him unstable and uncertain 
— and when he loses confidence in himself as your 
interpreter he is ruined. 



r^m 



■gm TMM' FiB£.®, 



^j^ T may be inferred that after all we have writ- 
^^ ten there is nothing more to be done for the 
dog but take hirn into the field and find him a good 
hunter, staunch on point, a good "dropper," a per 
feet retriever &c., &(*.. Well, with ordinary care 
such a dog can be carried into the field and will, 
with a little handling, do all of these things. 

The three things to be guarded against in the field 
are flushing, chasing (or breaking shot) and improp 
er retrieving. Right here is where we wish to again 
impress upon you the importance of prompt obedi- 
ence — "teaching the dog to stop when you tell 
him" as we have so frequently impressed upon the 
reader. Therefore if the lesson has been properly 



44 



taught at home in the yard— two of the troubles 
are exduded for he will neither flush nor (break 
shot) chase birds after covey lias gotten up if you 
are able to control him with your voice. In spite 
of your efforts should the dog get excited and hard- 
headed and bolt into the covey any way, we know 
of no better method than the force collar and cord 
which Mr. Haberlein so well describes in his book. 
In fact no one makes or sells a better force col- 
lar than Mr. Haberlein. This collar, provided with 
modified metal points next the dog's neck and witli 
a ring into which is snapped as much cord (sash 
cord is our preference) as you like, is the outfit. 

For a headstrong dog we prefer twenty feet of 
good cord. Usually fifteen feet is enough. The 
application is simple. If your dog is a flusher, put 
on the collar and cord and let him trail until he is 
nearly ready to run into the birds. Keep close to 
him and caution him witli the words "Steady," 
"Steady." Now as he scents the birds and increas- 
es his pace it is the proper time to test his obedi- 
ence. Step up and tell him to "Take care" in a 
firm, but quiet tone. If he pays no attention to it. 



THK GENILKMAn's DOG. 45 

pick up tlie end of the cord, run forward witli it so 
as to give it good slack, drop ir, and put your foot 
down on it, iirtnly and just before fclie dog makes it 
taut, call out sharply "Take care," and let him 
know that " Take care" means to stop and to stop 
itistantly. Don't scold him nor speak a word, but 
let him know that he brings it on himself. Instead 
of using the foot to hold the cord a very convenient 
method is to wear a stout leather belt witli a strong 
snap attached and the drag end of the cord, which 
always terminates in a good sized iron ring, can be 
picked up and snapped on to the belt. In this way 
the trainer has the use of his hands and can simply 
drop back on tlie cord with his whole weight and 
bring tlie dog up just at the proper moment. 
When you are using the gun in advanced training, 
and when you are teaching to drop to shot as it is 
called, and wish to break the habit of chasing, this 
belt is indispensable. 

1*^0 w the same procedure with the force collar 
that breaks the dog of flushing will make him re- 
main staunch after the covey has flown until you 
give him the command. The judgment of the 



46 

handler and disposition of the dog will determine 
when to relinquish the use of tlie force collar, but 
it is weil to keep the collar reversed on the dog 
with a little cord attached so as to remind him that 
he is jet under restraint and likely to punish him- 
self if he is disobedient. 

Of course whipping, kicking, beating and shoot, 
ing will break a dog occasionally of these faults but 
no man acquainted with the character and traits of 
the bird dog nor with the proper feelings towards 
God's creatures will i)e likely to adopt these meth- 
ods, when more sensible and humane measures are 
at hand in the force collar. 

RETRIEVING. 

If your dog has been properly trained in the yard 
to "fetch" and "let go" the chances are that if he 
retrieves he will do it properly. Some dogs will 
never retrieve; most will do it, and the important 
thing is the manner in which it is done. The dog 
who mouths, noses and chews the bird, and who 
holds on to it until you drag it out of his mouth 
isn't fit to G?^vry into the field and unless broken of 
the habit will be worse than worthless. This very 



47 



\)'A(\ fault is usually the result of carelessness on the 
part of the trainer in permitting the young dog to 
catch and kill a wounded bird in the beginning. 

Tin's is the very worst thing that could happen, 
and it is vei-y hard to break the habit. But with 
pains and patient yard training it may be done. 
For fear of this accident we always advise our 
friends to have a companion who will do the shoot- 
ing at first so as to allow the owner or trainer to 
liave control of his dog with both liandsatall times. 
In this way the dog never has the advantage and a 
few outings will cure him of all bad habits and 
make him staunch, safe and reliable afield under all 
circumstances. 

There are other faults that seriously handicap a 
dog's usefulness, and some that render him actually 
worthless. The worst of these is gun shyness, and 
while it may be overcome, we have never had the 
patience to cure a well developed case of it and 
offer no suggestiotis on the subject. Our honest 
belief is that a thoroughly gun-shy dog is only fit 
for a pet about the house and then he is taking care 
and attention that had better be bestowed upon a 



4:8 

dog that could be not only a pet, but capable of fill- 
ing all of the requirements of a first class hunter 
afield. 

Apropos to the subject of training the bird dog, 
I will close this chapter with a little article from 
my pen which appeared in the Amateur SjpoHs- 
man for December 1895, and which illustrates my 
ideas with the young dog when introducing to field 
work: 

" HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DOG. 



I wish to state at the commencement that I do 
not expect to say anything likely to instruct the 
"regulars," but, as a member of the army of good 
fellows who hunt occasionally and fish whenever 
they can, with rude implements and adverse condi- 
tions, I may offer a suggestion or two for those of 
my class. In this paper I will talk briefly about 
the dog, one of the noblest animals ever created 
and man's most devotod friend. 

It has been my fortune, or, rather, misfortune, to 
spoil some as good dogs as any man ever owned, 
and this by trying to follow the advice of men sup- 



THE gentleman's DOG. 49 

posed to know "all about it." While going through 
this school I learned some few things of value, and 
now I feel able to speak positively on a few points 
in the training of young dogs, especially setters and 
pointers. 

Possibly a little account of my management of 
two different dogs will better illustrate my lesson. 
A number of years ago a friend presented me with 
a full-blooded setter puppy, and I determined to 
make a crack dog of him in every particular. I 
was told that obedience was everything, and I made 
that dog obedient, you may be sure. When he was 
eight months old I could speak to him in an under- 
tone and he would fall to the earth, with his tail 
between his legs, like one stone dead. But this obe- 
dience was dearly bought, for when he was in the 
field, although he had a most excellent nose, he was 
so cautious and fearful of not catching my every 
command or wish that he would stand, tremble and 
wait for me, look back, and then advarce on a cov- 
ey of birds until he would make forty stands be- 
fore 1 actually reached the birds. He was a good 
dog, but too well trained. 



50 THE GENTLEMAN 8 DOG. 

1 concluded after tliis that I wanted a dog with 
more pusli about him. So I got another and gave 
liim more latitude in training. He would at com- 
mand, ''Take care,'' stop reasonably before his food, 
but I always took good pains to "hie on'' in good 
time tu keep him from really disobeying me. He 
would bring me a glove or any light article when I 
threw it away, and he felt in the humor to do so. 

mattered myself that I had a pretty good dog, and 
with the proper amount of field training expected 
to find him a treasure indeed. Well, he was a dan- 
dy. He could smell partridges a half-mile away, 
and his great Zf al would carry him right up to 
them. He would make his usual "bread stand," 
take it for granted that 1 had said "hie on," and up 
he would get the covey, regardless of all my yell 
ing and threatening. The only way 1 ever get a 
shot was to outrun him. I never succeeded in 
breaking him of this bad habit. 

1 have been bothered much in former years about 
dogs not retrieving, running hares, etc. Now, heie 
is the way I handled tlie last dog I trained— I have 
him novv. He is entering his fourth year, is a 



THE gentleman's DOG. 51 

pointer dog of tirst-class blood, a beauty and one of 
the best all around dogs in Virginia, or any other 
State in the Union. 

This puppy was given to me wlien about two 
months old. I determined to study its disposition 
and make a friend of it. I had long ago learned 
that no two dogs have the same disposition, nor can 
they be treated alike, either in regard to petting or 
punishment. I was very fond of him, and allowed 
him much liberty, talked to him a great deal, play- 
ed with him frequently, scolded him moderately 
when he needed it, and always complimented him 
highly for his good behavior. I wish to say right 
here that experience has proven to me that the av- 
erage dog or horse can understand and appreciate a 
very large vocabulary, and for this reason 1 am a 
very great talker to dogs and horses. The next 
thing to be observed is the fact that the dog, espec- 
ially, is anxious and willing to do his master's bid- 
ding as soon as he understands hhn. 

We will get back to my dog. Fully trusting to 
the general intelligence of my dog, I took him into 
the tield at eight months of age, and he trailed up 



52 

a itovey of partridj^es and made a very prettj stand. 
I was two Inindred yards away, and he looked anx 
ionsly l)ack for me several times, and linally, just 
before I reached him, he sprang into them and cluis 
ed them beautifully. I was sorry to have liim do 
this, hut I knew he was a puppy and I would have 
to ralk to him about it. I called him in and patted 
him and said nothing about liis bad behavior. 

The next day we winded some birds, and this 
time I called him back sharply and made him keep 
close to me. AVhen within sixtj^ yards of the cov- 
ey he began to creep and tremble, throwing his eye 
back at me for every few steps and advancing like a 
panther. Now, huntsman, here is a picture for the 
artist, and here is the time and place to make or 
ruin yonr dog. 

"Steady now, boy, take care," I said, in a quiet, 
kindly manner. The puppy knew exactly what I 
meant, and steadily felt his way, telling me plainly 
with his eye and gestures that he appreciated his 
work. 

"Steady, boy," I said lower in tone, and wnth 
eyes l)lazing with intensity, tail straight as an arrow, 



53 

belly almost touching the ground, and every muscle 
in a quiver, he came to a stand as decided and im- 
!novable as if he had been transformed to marble. 
I advanced and up the covey arose; bang! and one 
bird fell. (I was shooting a little single barrel 
breecli loader.) The puppy started off at a good 
run after the birds, but with a little positive calling 
he came back and found the dead bird, mouthed it 
and left it. I could not persuade him to bring it to 
ino, nor did I worry him much about it. 

In a few weeks he would stand, flush at command, 
and hunt single birds very well, but had never re- 
trieved — would not do so. I did not get mad with 
him about this fault, for I reasoned that he was a 
youngster, and further that as all of the birds 1 had 
killed were in the open and easy to get myself he 
did not see the necessity for bringing them. Still, 
I was very sorry he would not do so, and trusted to 
his affection and good sense to overcome this evil. 

One day late in the season I was hunting over a 
low ground with a friend and just as we came to 
the edge of a dense half acre of immense briars, ab- 
solutely ini penetrable for a man, a large covey arose 



54 

and we dropped three of them about forty yards 
in this field of briars. The dog was scouring the 
field on the other side when we got the flock up, 
and hearing the shots came bounding to us. I had 
not much hope of getting the birds, as my dog had 
never brought me one, but I told him to "look for 
them." He threaded his way in and I sooii heard 
a crippled bird flutt(4' when he caught it. I could 
not see ten feet in the jangle, but spoke encourag- 
ingly to hitn and continued to sa}^ "Bring hin] to 
master," " Come along, good boy," etc., and to my 
great delight he came, not only once, but again and 
again, until he had brought all three birds and laid 
them at my feet. 

From that day to this he has invariably gotten my 
game for me, unless it would happen to be within 
immediate reach of me. One great error with the 
young dog owner is to be too particular about his 
dog. Now, I do not care a snap how many'hares 
my dog runs, nor whether he is a good " 'possum 
dog" or not. The fact is simply the amount of 
brain your dog may have. A good dog will hunt 
anything and do it correctly. My pointer has no 



55 

superior for birds, and yet he will stand, run and 
brin^ back a hare as well as a hound. He will put 
turkeys up a tree and come back and lie as still as a 
mouse until they are yelped up and shot. He will 
tree squirrels and bark until I find him, and then 
he will keep his mouth shut and never move out of 
his tracks for a half hour or until I shoot the little 
game. He will throw down a steer or hold a hog 
weighing one hundred and fifty pounds as still as 
;\ny two men could. The fact is, whatever he does 
he does well, and he is capable of doing a great many 
things. This is a very complimentary notice of my 
own dog, and I never would offer it to the readers of 
tlie Amateur Sportsman but for the fact that it 
may impress them with the importance of having 
patience with young dogs, treating them as intelli- 
gent beings and gaining their affection and very 
best possible work." 

RiOHMOJSD, Ya. 



^mE^^iNe "wmm mi^m ®®e* 



R YERY dog owner sliould have a reasonab)}^ 
I fair knowledge of the usual diseases affecting 
the dog and he should know enough of certain rem- 
edies to make intelligent use of same when thrown 
upon his own resources. 

So we will first call attention to a few drugs and 
the matters of dose and method of giving. The 
full grown year or two old dog weighing fifty or 
seventy pounds can take usually about the average 
dose of any ordinary drug that we prescribe for the 
adult human being, though we seldom give the larg- 
est dog over half the full dose, preferring to in- 
crease with small doses at short intervals until we 
have the desired effect. Puppies according to age 



Sf 



and size require diminished doses in proportion, so 
that you can figure out a puppy's dose if you know 
the adult human dose, or dog's dose which we usu- 
ally make one-half less. It is well also to remem- 
ber that ihe animal, unlike man, has not been raised 
on drags and become immune to their action by re- 
peated and constant use, hence their action l)ecomes 
more prompt and energetic than in man, therefore 
for given effects they require less drug. Then 
again certain drugs act differently according to dose, 
and some are not as well borne by the lower ani- 
mals while others must be administered in larger 
doses to have required effect. For example a dog 
will improve on doses of arsenic that would be 
dangerous for a man, while very small doses of 
cocaine will often affect him seriously. Strychnine 
should be given with much caution and in smallest 
doses in commencing, while the much used carbolic 
acid has been the cause of much damage to many 
dogs by reason of its reckless use, and its ill effects 
on the kidney. Many a dog has been made to suffer 
from partial paralysis, weak back and nephritis or 
kidney inflammation from having been literally 



58 THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 

bathed in carbolic acid as we find it in many lotions 
for vermin, scratches and skin troubles. 

It is a good rule never to give a dog medicine un- 
less he needs it, and it is a better rule to always 
know what you are giving, and still better to know 
what you are giving it for or what effect it should 
have — an effect that you can see whether you are 
getting or not. While there are many excellent 
ready-made preparations for the various ailments of 
the dog put up by the manufacturers, we prefer to 
fix our own drugs and make our own preparations 
for our own use, but whenever we use any proprie- 
tary remedy we always inform ourselves of the in- 
gredients entering into it before using it on our dog. 
"We would suggest this advice to our readers, for 
then you will know when you are getting the effects 
desired and when to stop the use of the remedy. 

Among the drugs most commonly needed we will 
mention the following: 

Calomel — The Mild Chloride of Mercury — is 
used as a prompt purgative in 5 or 6 grain doses — 
in doses of a grain repeated at 2 hour intervals it is 
good in jaundice and liver troubles. Its chief use 



50 

ill dog practice is for the removal of worms in con- 
nection with santonin. 

Castor Oil — too well known as the safest and 
best laxative cathartic for dogs and puppies — Table- 
spoonful is a fair dose. 

Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb— is a splendid laxa- 
tive cathartic well suited for puppies or dogs with 
indigestion and bloody diarrhoeal passages. Dose 
teaspoonful. 

Sulphate of Quinine— is used for chills and con- 
gestions, colds, distemper &g. Dose 5 to 10 grains 
— as a tonic 1 or 2 grains a daj. 

Arsenic — Arsenious Acid. Powerful poison — 
Fine alterative in skin diseases, splendid tonic, good 
blood remedy (Dose -^-q to -^ of a grain. Average 
dose l-30tli grain after meals 3 times a day.) The 
dog is an exception and will take ^ of a grain three 
times a day to advantage. 

Iron — A splendid tonic and astringent, both in- 
ternally and externally. Dried sulphate of iron 
(copperas) may be given in 1 grain doses. The tinct- 
ure of iron may be given in 3 to 5 drop doses well 
diluted in gum water or rice water. 



60 

Santonin— The great worm expeller. It is made 
from the old time household remedy known as worm 
seed (chenopodinm) given in connection with an 
active cathartic it speedily clears out the common 
round worm. Dose — A dog may be given ^ to 1 
grain with a little calomel, or it may be given alone 
and followed with a dose of castor oil. 

Spirits of Nitre — Febrifuge. Diuretic (acting 
on kidneys.) May be given in dose of 10 to 30 
drops (half teaspoonful) well diluted every three 
hours. 

Magnesium Sulphate — Epsom Salts — This is the 
best cooling cathartic that can be given a dog — Tea- 
spoonful in half glass of water. 

Carbolic Acid — This is one of the coal tar prod- 
ucts. It is a powerful antiseptic, deodorizer and 
germicide. It is a deadly poison and used entirely 
too often and too recklessly under the belief that it 
is harmless. It has its place in medicine — but we 
wish to caution against its immoderate or unneces- 
sary use. Solutions and ointments should not be of 
greater strength than 1 to 5 per cent, of carbolic acid. 

Strychnine — Powerful poison — splendid nerve 



THE gentleman's DOG. 61 

and muscular tonic. Should be used in minimum 
doses and cautiously on dogs. We would not like to 
give a full grown dog over -gJ^- of agrain 3 times a day. 

Glycerine — This excellent household remedy is 
good in fevers, colds and coughs and can be given 
in teaspoon ful doses. 

Salicylate of Sodium — This is the great rheuma- 
tism medicine, and may be given in doses of 3 to 5 
grains 2 or 3 times a day. 

Laudanum — This is a liquid form for administer- 
ing opium. The dose for the average full grown 
forty to sixty pound dog is 3 to 5 drops, equal to i to 
|- grain of opium. 

Calcium Sulphide — A great anti-zymotic, germ- 
icide, and pus preventive. Dose for a dog J to 1 
grain three times a day. 

Antikamnia Tablets— The ideal pain reliever, 
fever reducer and sedative — Dose one or two tab- 
lets and repeat in 2 or 3 hours if necessary. 

Sodium Bromide — Another excellent mild seda- 
tive. It relieves pain, fever and restlessness. Av- 
erage dose for adult dog 4 to 10 grains in solution 
or milk. 



62 

Oil of Tar — Here is one of the best remedies in 
the dog owner's wliole materia medica. It acts on 
tlie kidneys, is a good vermifuge, has antiseptic 
properties, and when used externally is good for 
sores, abrasions &c., and a good flea killer and pre- 
venter. Internally a few drops is a dose — say 2 to 
5. Externally it may be used in oil or ointment as 
high as 50 per cent, strength. 

Hydrogen Peroxide — For quickly cleansing and 
disinfecting purulent ulcers and sores of all pus. 
It can be diluted any where from 50 percent., to the 
pure preparation and applied as a local wash to the 
diseased parts with sponge or absorbent cotton. 

Iodoform — is a splendid local antiseptic, germi- 
cide and protective to fresh sores or injuries and 
may be sprinkled on at libert)\ Its odor is disa- 
greeable, but it is admirably adapted to keep flies 
and vermin away, and in summer it is one of 
the best applications we know of for keeping flies 
away from sores on dogs. 

Cocaine Muriate. — This is a most valuable local 
application for relieving itching or pain of an acute 
kind. It should be used cautiously and moderately. 



THE gentleman's DOG. 63 

Just dampen the painful surface once or twice with 
a four per cent, sohition, which yonr druggist 
should prepare for yon. 

Oxide of Zinc. — You will find this a good dust- 
ing, drying and protective powder which may be used 
freely where an open sore simply needs a protec- 
tive powder. 

We have said nothing about liow to administer 
the drugs mentioned. It seems that most people 
who give advice on remedies assume that any- 
body can give medicine to a sick dog. This is 
about like givins^ physic to your own child; and 
sympathy for the sick one too often bungles the 
job. We have found dosing a sick dog a very dis- 
agreeable and unpleasant business usually. The 
chief thing to do is to make up your mind that you 
are going to give the dog his medicine, determine 
how you are going to make him take it, and then 
without scolding, scuffling or worrying the dog, 
just give ii to him. 

For liquids the best way is to hold the dog's 
liead u]) with your hand under the chin, pull one 
side of cheek out so as to make a funnel and pour 



64 

the medicine out of a lone: neck bottle slowly in, 
allowing him to swallow gradually. The dog should 
be made to sit down, and if not willing to submit 
quietly, help must be had to hold him quietly and 
firmly until he has swallowed the dose. It pays to 
go about it rightly — saves the dog from fatigue and 
irritation, and is quickly and properly done. 

When a dog is not seriously sick and does not 
refuse all food, many drugs in pill form may be 
put in bits of beef and thrown at him to catch and 
swallow. Always throw him one or two pieces 
without the pill to get him to catching and swal- 
lowing without suspicion, then let the piece with 
the pill go and he will take it down without any 
trouble. 

We do not approve, however, of giving medicine 
to sick dogs in any food or drink. It is generally 
discovered and they neither take the medicine 
when needed, nor their food for some time after- 
wards. It is best to face the music, get the dog in 
your power and give the remedy promptly and 
properly. 

When an injection is needed the dog's buttocks 



THE gentleman's DOG. 65 

should be elevated, an assistant should hold him, 
and the fluid itijected quietly and in sufficient 
quantity from a fountain syringe, or a common one 
if necessary. 



^-. 



W^MBMAM. ©ISE^SBS 



mimwwUma, 



^ HE digestive system of the dog is liable to 
the same derangements as the human subject, 
and consequently diarrhoea especially is not an 
uncommon affection and usually is easily managed, 
but now and then it becomes a matter of serious 
moment. 

It must be borne in mind that many causes can 
be found for the production of tliis trouble and 
that it is a very valuable point to discover the 
cause, for frequently a removal of the same will 
allow the dog to get well. Such is not always the 
case, however, and the dog will require certain 
medication to restore him to health We have 



TJiE gentleman's dog. 67 

found tlie chief causes to be due to worms, (in pup- 
pies especially) overfeeding on raw meat, or too 
long continuaiice on a common diet, and cold from 
dampness of bedding or insufficient housing. From 
long observation we are convinced that in tlie 
grown dog we have entirely too much diarrhoea 
and dysentery from want of dry, warm and proper- 
ly ventilated sleeping quarters. For seven or eight 
months in the year the dog needs a comfortable 
"living room, ".house or bedroom as you choose to 
designate the place he looks upon as "his room." 
WJien he comes in tired and warm he should not 
be compelled to sleep und( r the steps, or in the 
woodshed, nor down in the l)Mrn where cold drafts 
of wind may strike him when he curls up for an 
hour's rest. He should know^ just wliere he can 
find a quiet, protected, sweet-smelling bed to rest 
on and to which he can return for tlie night's rest. 
The dog that comes home chilled from exposure 
to cold rain, and consequently with resisting powers 
lowered from fatigue, needs just such a place as we 
have described. It should be roomy enough to 
allow him to wallow on some dry liay, tags or leaves 



68 

and tlien to find a dry place to sleep upon. To 
provide sncli qnarters requires a little time and 
trouble and a dollar or two; but isn't a decent, faith- 
ful friend and loving companion worth this much? 

Diarrhoeas need different lines of treatment in 
accordance with the actual disturbed conditions of 
the alimentary tract. Some diarrhoeas are salutary 
and are relieving the dog of matters that should be 
expelled, hence it would be bad practice to sudden- 
ly check up such cases with astringents and opiates. 
If the dog is in good .condition otherwise, it would 
be well to moderate his diet for a day or two — let 
him keep reasonably quiet, and feed him on a little 
well cooked rice with a little boiled milk. An 
ounce of pulverized gum arable may be dissolved 
in a quart of water, which should be used for his 
drinking water. 

If this doesn't relieve him and there is a tendency 
for the passages to become more watery and fre- 
quent, a tablespoon ful of castor oil and a teaspoon- 
ful of paregoric should be given and if necessary 
repeated in eight or ten hours. In place of the 
above a teaspoonful of the aromatic syrup of 



THE gentleman's DOG. 69 

rhubarb two or tliree times a day will be found 
very effective. It may be necessary to add 10 or 15 
drops of laudanum or a teaspoon ful of paregoric, if 
the rhubarb alone is ineffective. This is about all 
required for the ordinary case of diarrhoea due to 
indigestion or cold. The diet should be bland and 
simple, consisting of boiled rice, boiled milk thick- 
ened with wheat flour, stale biscuit crumbled in 
milk, or a little beef broth well thickened. The 
dog should be kept warm and comfortable and his 
drink limited to gum arable or slippery elm water. 
In puppies where worms are the cause they 
should be treated for worms — according to direc- 
tions under that head elsewhere in this vohime. 



B>3rS'©at©Ey. 



Dysentery, while somewhat akin to diarrhoen, 
must be treated differently, as they are by no means 
the same affections nor do they arise from the 
same causes altogether. Cases of diarrhoea very 
often end up in dysentery, but this is as a result of 
neglected treatment of the first disease. 

Usually dysentery in the dog is due to direct 



70 THE (lENTLEMAN^S DOG. 

cold or chillin(y which either congests the bowels or 
affects the liver in advance of the attack. This 
being the case, it is almost alwa3'S good practice to 
commence by using a mild cathartic with some 
gentle mercurial to stimulate the liver and clean 
out offending material from the bowels. 

In tliis trouble the dog is likely to have consider- 
able thirst, k^ss of appetite and frequent strainings of 
mucus and blood in small quantities. This condi- 
tion is painful and soon prostrates a dog unless he 
is promptly and properly treated. He should be 
confined and made to keep quiet in some vacant 
room or close lot; his drinking water should be cut 
down to some extent and his diet confined to about 
what we have outlined for diarrhoea. 

It is our custom to give at first a dose of castor 
oil and if it relieves the straining we wait awhile 
and see what rest, warmth, and dieting will do. If 
the trouble seems to be unrelieved in 24 hours, we 
would give the following: 

Calomel, 2 grains. 
Opiun], 1 grain. 

Make four pills. Give one every hour. 



THE GENTLEMAN S DOG. 



ti 



If the dog is in much pain or seems unusually 
feverish or thirsty, in place of the above the follow- 
ing is better: 

Epsom Salts 1 Tablespoonful. 

Pulv. Gum Arabic 1 " 

Paregoric 1 " 

Water 8 " 

Mix well together and shake, and give one table- 
spoonful every hour or two until relieved. 

If the bloody straining is very severe and increas- 
ing after use of above remedies, the dog should 
have a rectal injection of laudanum and starch, just 
as we administer to the human subject. Make a 
thick starch and to a small syringeful add 20 or 30 
drops of laudanum and slowly inject same, having 
the dog's hind parts elevated, and hold rectum to- 
gether for a little while to retain the mixture. In 
any of these abdominal troubles when the dog 
becomes weakened from the disease and pain, it is 
good practice to give him a raw egg now and then, 
and even better to give liim a few teaspoonfuls of 
good whiskey in egg or milk punch. It not only 
nourishes and sustains him, but greatly relieves the 



?2 



pain from inflammation and gaseous distension of 
the intestines. 



Distemper. 



This is unfortunately a very serious disease and 
while it may be in many instances easily cured with- 
in a week or two, it is one of the most obstinate 
and dangerous diseases with serious sequelae when 
neglected or improperly treated. 

The Symptoms of distemper are a general dull- 
ness especially al)out the eyes, loss of appetite, no 
disposition to be playful. Dog looks miserable and 
dejected and within a few days is taken with a ca- 
tarrhal sneezing cough. The disease is in effect an 
almost perfect counterpart of epidemic influenza or 
La Grippe in the human subject and if treated 
with this idea in view from its inception can fre- 
quently be aborted within the first week. The gen- 
eral muscular soreness, aching in limbs, feverish- 
ness, pains and marked debility and depression all 
remind ns of a typical case of Grippal influenza. 

The chief indications to be met are to open the 
bowels with a gentle laxative — one or two teaspoon- 



t3 

fuls of castor oil is the best; to reduce fever and 
allay congestion and pain — a pill of 2 grains of an- 
tikamnia, one grain of quinine and ^ grain of pulv. 
capsicum given 3 times a day (or one antikamnia 
and quinine tablet) will hold him in a very comfort- 
able shape; and lastly to sustain his strength, which 
may be done by putting him in warm, quiet quar- 
ters, keeping him free from excitement or annoy- 
ance and feeding on light, relishable nutrient. A 
pan of beef broth, a saucer of warm milk or cool 
milk if he is very feverish will be relished. Mush 
and milk or grits and milk make an excellent diet 
for him. He should have an abundance of fresh 
water, and be allowed to take moderate exercise of 
his own accord in good weather. If he seems to 
be unusually depressed and failing, it is advisable to 
give him a teaspoonful of some good oil emulsion 
or codliver oil 3 times a day. Added to this, if 
necessary for great weakness we w^ould give a little 
cream toddy or eggnog several times a day and, if 
still showing symptoms of serious depression, we 
would suggest i to 2 drops of tincture of nux 
vomica 3 times a day 



74 



Where the head symptoms are severe and the 
nostrils are stopped up with mucus or purulent 
secretions, much relief will be afforded by wiping 
into each nostril or right across the nose a mixture 
consisting of olive oil, liquid albolene each 2 
drams (120 grains) and menthol 15 grains. This 
will open the nostrils and encoura^re a discharge of 
the offensive secretions; and wheie cough is very 
troublesome and the respiration is embarrassed, 
there is much good to be derived from the use of 
Glyco- Heroin in teaspoonful doses 3 or 4 times a 
day. This excellent preparation is put up by the 
Martin H. Smith Co., of New York, who will ship 
it directly to you if your local druggist does not 
carry it in stock. It is known as "Glyco- Heroin- 
Smith" and should be so specitied when ordering it. 
It is almost alwaj^s needed in this disease, and sel- 
dom fails to relieve. A few drops of oil of tar rub- 
bed over the dog's nose or on his tongue clears res- 
piration and opens the head very well in some cases. 

A case taken early and treated sensibly should be 
well within a week or two instead of running on 
for months and ending in chorea or paralysis. 



75 



To recapitulate, we wish to impress upon our 
readers tliat we have noted the striking resemblance 
of this disease to La Grippe in tlie human subject 
and we have found further that care and treatment 
of the dog under this point of view has given us 
the best results. It is the chronic case of both dis- 
eases that is tlie serious one and likely to be follow- 
ed by paralysis, chorea or congestion of lungs end- 
ing in pneumonia or tuberculosis. 

We see cases of distemper of an acute character 
in the dog which are well, under vigorous treatment 
or by reason of extra constitutional vigor, in a week. 
We see cases of acute Grippe in the human subject 
that pass off in three days under a good purge, a 
hot mustard foot bath, and ten grains of antikam- 
nia and quinine followed by a sweat, and twenty- 
four hours in bed. On the other hand we see the 
same disease drag on for weeks ending in death or 
permanent invalidism. These are the cases that tax 
the judgment and patience of prescriber and nurse. 

Therefore when your dog shows symptoms of tins 
disease you should take his case in hand seriously 
and not lose a moment in waiting to see if he will 



76 • 

not be better to-morrow. The disease is one that 
strikes at his vitals and prostrates him speedily. 
Everything that will maintain his powers should be 
utilized. Bear in mind that the whole mucous 
membrane in the dog is in a state of conges- 
tion — that he is having catarrh of the bronchial 
tubes and their ramifications in the lungs, that 
his breathing will be embarrassed and his blood 
consequently impaired and poisoned by reason of 
insufficient aeration. He will have catarrh of stom- 
ach and his appetite and digestion will fail. Keep 
this before you and you will see how necessary it 
will be to make him perfectly comfortable in his 
room. The temperature should be such as to avoid 
any cold draft or chill from moisture, the air should 
be pure and enough for his need and his bed should 
be clean, soft and free from humps, so that he rests 
without any effort to find an easj lying spot. 

In the inflammatory stage of this disease, which 
is the first three or four days, you will try to reduce 
fever and headache by slight laxatives and fever re 
ducers that do not depress. We do not recommend 
aconite in distemper (or dog Grippe), but prefer 



'iKK (4KNI LKMAn's DdG. 77 

the milder and safer agents, such as spts. nitre, cool 
sweet milk or antikamnia about half a tablet every 
2 or 3 hours. Within a few days after the com- 
mencement of the attack unless it is aborted, you 
\v\\\ observe the increasing catarrhal progress and 
the accompanying debility. The dog will be suffer- 
ing from headache; his weak eyes and hebetude 
will indicate this. I^ow you need to stimulate his 
secretions, help his breathing and hold up his gen- 
eral strength. Here is the place to use Glyco-Her- 
oin-Smith, as we have described; this will clear his 
bronchial tubes and help him bring up the clogging 
secretions. He will breathe deeply and his head 
will clear up. Now is also time to feed for pur- 
poses of keeping his powers up at this critical stage. 
His diet should be very easily digested and of am- 
ple value as a blood builder. If he will not volun- 
tarily take milk, broth, nor mush, you must stimu- 
late him at regular intervals with milk toddy, egg- 
nog and beef broth, fed by way of the mouth in 
funnel fa-^hion as we have described in giving li- 
quids. 

With care and right attention nearly all dogs 



78 THE gentleman's DOG. 

should be saved — but more of them die from neg- 
lect or treating by half-lianded metliods. 

Our friend, Polk Miller, of this city, one of the 
best fellows on earth to day, and who knows more 
about dogs than any man in Virginia, gives some 
excellent and timely advice on the subject of 
distemper which we take the liberty of copying 
bodily from his little book "Dogs." Jn reference 
to the brain symptoms in this disease he says: 

"Every portion of the body of the dog in which 
there is a "mucous membrane" — and that's almost 
everywhere — is affected by this disease. But the 
head seems to be the part mostly affected. The 
dog doesn't seem to be able, as a man is, to 
"blow his nose" frequently, and thus get rid of tlie 
mucus, nor can he take a pinch of snuff to loosen 
up the accumulation. It finds a lodgment tliere, 
and seems to produce fever^ which finally goes to 
the brain. I do not despise the remedy which the 
the folks in the country used when 1 was a boy, for 
I have seen great clots of mucus come from the 
nose of a dog which inhaled burnt tar and feathers. 
They shut the dog up in a close room, and made the 



THE gentleman's DOG. Y9 

air stifliug with the odor, and after remaining in it 
for an hour, I have seen dogs come forth sneezing 
and slinging mucus for six feet around. I have 
seen men do the same thing after taking a pinch of 
snuff, and thej felt better afterwards. Try it on 
your dog. 

There is evidently inflammation of the brain in 
bad cases of distemper, and I've seen the most won- 
derful recoveries from the use of a seton, which 
acted as a counter irritant, and brought the inflam- 
mation to the surface. Tliis is done as follows: 
Take up about an inch of the skin of the dog just 
back of the base of the skull, on his neck, and run 
a big needle (called a bodkin) straight tlirough. 
Thread the bodkin with some coarse twine, such as 
is used by grocers (the coarser the better) pull it 
through, leaving about three to four inches of the 
twine on either side of the wound. Work it back 
and forth a few times, and then tie it and leave it 
in. Next day, and for several days, untie it, and 
saw back and forth through the wound, so as to pre- 
vent its healing. Keep this up until the dog be- 
gins to show signs of recovery. This is a simple 



80 

and easy way of treating a dog, and tliere is 
little or no pain about it. Many a man's life has 
been saved in pneumonia by tlie blistering of bis 
chest, in order to draw the inflammation from his 
lungs to the surface, and since, on account of the 
hair of the dog, we cannot apply a blister, the se- 
ton is the next best thing. 

One very important thing is not to allow the dis- 
ease to get too great a start ; but, as soon as you 
suspect it, go to your nearest drug or sporting goods 
store and purchase a box of Sergeant's Condition 
Pills, which, acting as a powerful tonic and altera- 
tive, will build up his system to such an extent as to 
prevent the disease from making any headway 
whatever." 



'Manage— { SGratcties}, 



The symptoms of this trouble are so well known 
that they hardly require mentioning. The victim 
of this annoying and loathsome disease is biting and 
scratching all the time until his skin is thoroughly in- 
flamed, red, pustulous and scat)by. The disease is due 
to parasitic infection and usually requires both local 



TtTK GP:NTLEMAN-8 DOG. SO 

and poor elimination, accnmnlate morbid products 
in the blood rapidly and develop all phases of 
rlientnatic troubles. Unlike some dogs who have a 
happy balance of exercise with sensible food, they 
are not in shape to throw off waste products and 
consequently suffer tlie penalty of liaving indulgent 
masters who believe in cndcllinof and feeding. 

But indolence and overfeeding ai'e not the sole 
causes of rheumatism in the dog. A hard day's 
Imnt, a full meal of meat, and a good night's chill- 
ing will do the work just as well. After a day of 
hard work late in the chill Noveinl)er days when 
yo-ur dog drags himself up to the poich and flops 
himself down for relief from his severe fatigue, he 
needs more attention than you would if you did 
such a foolish thing. In thirty minutes he will be 
fast asleep and chilled to the marrow. Bis blood 
will be driven in upon the vital organs and he will 
have congestion of the lungs, kidneys and liver. 
It may not proceed far enough to bring on serious 
consequences to those organs themselves, but it will 
interfere with all of their functions and leave the 
dog's muscles atid blood charged with the poison 



90 THE gp:ntleman^s dog. 

that producefi rheumatism and muscular soreness. 

The prevention of rlieumatism is better than its 
cure. In the lirst place do not stuff jour dog with 
too much meat, but feed him on a generous mixed 
diet, especially enough corn pone, grits or shorts to 
keep his bowels in a healthy condition, then protect 
him from cold and dampiiees when he is exhausted 
from hard work. In fact, as we have stated else- 
where, a dog when in repose slnnild be comfortable 
and pi'otected fiom cold and wet. 

When he comes in after your day's hunt, you 
should give him a pan of water if he is thirsty, 
then a bowl of sweet milk, a bit or two of bread and 
allow him to lie down eitlier in a comfortable close 
kennel or with a coverlet over him if on the porch. 
After two hours rest you can give him a full, nu- 
tritious supper, and you will find him all right next 
morning for another glorious day afield. 

If you have been so unfortunate as to allow your 
dog to contract this painful affection, tlien he must 
be treated and carefully housed. His diet should 
be lessened in quantity and changed in quality. 
Milk, buttermilk, mush, '• pot liquor'^ and cooked 



'I'HK gentleman's dog. 9i 

greens are good. A light purge of rochelle salts, 
or cream of tartar every other day for a few days 
will help him. Tiie great remedy for tliis trouble, 
for direct antidoting and removing pain and the 
cause of it, is usually salicylic acid in some com- 
bination such as salicylate of sodium. This may be 
given in live grain doses three times a day until 
the dog is relieved. 

What we greatly prefer however, botli for con- 
venience of administration and universal relief, is 
Antikamnia and Salol. This may be had in a sin- 
gle tablet, and one may be given two or three times 
a day, which will afford speedy relief. 



§5t. ^ritms'^ ©aae©. ( ©h.©^©®). 



The dog, like his human friends, is subject to 
many nervous troubles and none more disabling to 
himself nor painful to his master than Chorea. 
This is a troublesome affection to get at by reason 
of its obscure origin. In one so sensitive as the 
dog, it may result from many very different causes, 
consequently it is one of those difficult diseases to 



0^ THE GH:NTLKMAN 8 DOG. 

find the particular disturbing or exciting cause. 

In a few cases we have been able to trace this 
trouble to worms, but the cause is usually of a far 
graver nature and not amenable to successful treat- 
ment. 

The majority of cases are simply the end results 
of graver antecedent diseases, notably and princi- 
pally distemper. We have feen more ca^es follow- 
ing distemper than from all other causes. Wheth- 
er chorea is partial or general its teat is always in 
the central nervous system (the brain or spinal col- 
umn) and as long as the brain or spinal cord is con- 
gested or pressed upon, or irritated from nervous 
impulses sent back through tlie nerves of sensation 
in skin, muscle or digestive system, we will have 
these irregular jerky muscular movements. 

Now we have tried to make the matter plain to 
our readers how this affection is kept up, and we 
trust they will be able to treat their dogs, under- 
standingly. While most authorities hold out verj 
little hope of cure of a choreic dog, it is by no 
means a reason why we should not analyze each case 
and make an effort along sensible lines. A fair 



oa 



Dumber have been cured, many more might be if 
the proper ideas were followed out. The main re- 
liance has been in strychnine in small doses which 
has failed oftener than it has brought relief. 

Looking upon this disease in the true light we 
find that congestion of the spine will produce it; 
that morbid pressure from inflammatory deposits 
will do it, and that irritation reflected to brain or 
spine will do it. 

Now it is advisable to give strychnine a fair trial 
for a month. If this fails and the case is one that 
has followed distemper we would assume that there 
was chronic irritation, congestion or deposits in 
brain or cord and would discontinue strychnine and 
give an absorbent such as iodide of potassium. A 
most excellent prescription would be: 

Iodide of Potassium, One dram. 
Fluid Extract Ergot, " " 
Syrup Wild Cherry, 4 ounces. 
Give teaspoonful morning and evening. 

Usually the dog will be benefited by a little irri- 
tating liniment rubbed down the spine, not enough 
to blister, but to warm things up a little. There is 



94 THE gentleman's dog. 

nothirifi: better than capsicr.ni vaseline. It may he 
bought ill little tubes for ten cents from your drug- 
gist. 

We have found very mild descending galvanic 
currents to do much good in a few cases, but on the 
whole treatment is not as t^atisfactcjry as it should 
be, but enough cases are curable to warrant the 
trouble with a valuable dog. 



Caavulsloa^ ©ir Fits, 



Fits in puppies generally arise from worms, con- 
stipation, or over feeding with meat. Remove the 
cause and usually the puppy is all right. In older 
dogs we find a somewhat different condition, for 
they seem to partake of epileptic seizures, and usu- 
ally follow from (-onstipation or over exertion and 
excitement. 

For such dogs we would advise a laxative diet, 
moderate exeicise and a brain and nervous sedative. 
We know of nothirig better than the followinor: 
Bromide of Sodium, i ounce. 

Fluid Extract of Erij:ot, 2 drams. 



95 

Sjrnp Acacia, 1 ounce. 

Distilled water, 3 ounces. 

Give teaspoonful twice a day. 

If the (log is poorly nourislied and not s<^rong, in- 
stead of the above we would give the following pill 
morning and evening fur a week or two at a time: 

Sulphate of Iron, 10 grains. 

Extract Nux Yomica, 4 grains. 

Extract Taraxacum, 30 grains. 
Make into 30 pills. 

Should you prefer a liquid instead of this pill 
your druggist can prepare this for you: 

Dialysed Iron, ^ ounce. 

Tincture Nux Vomica. 1 dram. 

Fid. Ext. Taraxacum, 2 ounces. 

Syr. Simple, 2 " 

Mix and give dog teaspoon ful 3 times a day. 



I.£e©. 



There is no greater pest nor one least suspected 
than lice on dogs. As a general rule one is not apt 
to think of a dog having lice on him. Somehow it 



96 

is unusual to see a do^ owner who su8[)icions lice 
when he finds his dog annoyed with an intractal)le 
itching and an irrital)le skin. He may think 
of fleas, eczema, or scratches, but seldom cloiselj ex- 
amines his «log for those dreadful pests. 

The greatest surprise we ever had was in a case 
of a beautiful setter which seemed to go almost 
wild from an acute erythema. We regulated his 
digestion, and bathed him in soothing lotions, but 
no relief. Finally we took a strong glass and ex 
amined the skin closely at the roots of the hairs, 
when we found him simply alive with millions of 
the smallest lice. 

Quick work can be made of these invaders with 
the following: 

Kerosene oil, 3 ounces. 

Liquid Alboleiie, 4 ounces. 
Spirits Turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Mix — Rub well inro dog's hide and wash with a 
good soap suds next day. 

Polk Miller gives the following: 
Kerosene oil, 1 pint. 

Melted lard, ^ " 



81 

and internal treatment after it has become chronic. 

After thoroughly cleansing the skin with some 
good carbi)lizod soap or alkaline wash, the dog 
should be treated to an inunction of some one of 
the various specific oil preparations or ointments 
containing some paraciticide. The basis of all of 
the local applications for the cure of scratches will 
be found to be sulphur, tar or carbolic acid held in 
oily suspension. Sometimes one is taker, and fre 
quently all are used in one prescription. 

The great secret in the whole range of external 
remedies consists in getting them thoroughly ap 
plied to the hide, which is not only difficult but 
disagreeable unless it is undertaken seriously and 
with a full determination to do it as it should be 
done. And next to this thorough application of 
the remedy in importance is the prevention of re- 
infection. 

Unless great care is taken to keep the dog quar- 
antined so that he cannot lounge and sleep about 
promiscuously, you cannot destroy all of his bed 
ding and disinfect his quarters after he is well; and 
unless this is done he will reinfect himself airain 



82 THE gentleman's dog. 

and again and you will finally conclude that you 
have an incurable case on your hands. Unless the 
treatment is properly conducted in all of its details, 
this is one of the most unmanageable diseases we 
ever encountered; and where it is properly handled 
it is always easily cured. 

One of the best English setters we ever owned 
was ruined by this half-handed treatment in the 
beginning. He had an unusual coat of very long 
hair and we employed what we supposed was a 
good, responsible negro man to give him his pre- 
paratory scrubbing and to follow with the inunction. 
We left the matter to him for the first week or ten 
days, when to our horror we found the dog suffer- 
ing from blood poisoning from absorption of pus 
from the numerous ulcers and abscesses concealed 
under his matted and half washed hair But for 
our great affection for the poor beast we would 
have humanely ended his life. As it was, after six 
months of the most intense suffering on his part 
and the most troublesome attention on our part, he 
ci\u\e out of the disease with the loss of every hair 
on him, and as deaf as a post. The poor dog seem 



THE gentleman's DOG. 83 

ed to be conscious of liis ^reat affliction, and avoided 
his friends and former acquaintances, staying in In's 
kennel most of the time and finally wandered away 
one day and never returned. We firmly believe 
he died of grief over his luimiliating affliction. We 
give this as an example of what ma}^ happen from 
half-way treating some unusual cases of this very 
contagious and loathsome disease when it first 
makes its appearance — the very time to put in your 
best efforts. 

Coming to the treatment proper we would advise, 
except in very cold weatlier, that all long haired 
dogs should be clipped, so that their skins can be 
well washed and medicated ointments or oils easily 
applied to the entire surface. We do not say this 
is absolutely necessary, but it saves a deal of labor 
and insures correct treatment and earlier cure. It 
favors against the dog's reinfecting hiinself from 
concealed secretions under matted hair. 

After cutting the hair if you conclude do so, 
then give the dog a good cleansino^ bath, with the 
chill slightly taken off, of carbolized soap suds or 
castile soap with a tablespoonful of creolin in the 



84 

Wetter. Kub him well, in fact, scrub him clean. 
When he bus been thoroughly dried off or rubbed 
dry then apply either of the following preparations 
to every portion of his body except his eyes — with 
the hands just £^0 over the dog working it into 
every inch of his skin. 

You can select from the following — they are all 
good — the main thing is to use them faithfully, and 
so as to hit the spot : 

Dr. Hall in his treatise gives this: 
Sulphur Sublimed 8 ozs. 
Whale Oil 8 ozs. 

Oil of Tar | oz. 

Mix thoroughly. 

Polk Miller, whom we have already introduced, 
gives the following: 

^'Take quarter-pound each of tar and sulphur 
and one pound of vaseline. Mix them thoroughly 
(first the tar and vaseline) and add to the mix- 
ture a half ounce of pure carbolic acid. After 
thoroughly greasing the dog with it — once in two 
days —wash him off well with warm water and 
soap. When dry apply an ointment as before. 



THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 86 

Two or three applications generally cure, but it may 
be necessary to make as many more." 

We have derived most excellent results from the 
following prescriptions given us by our friend, Dr. 
Chas. H. Epps, Y. S., of this city: 
Sulphur 4 ounces. 

Pot. Bicarb ^ ounce. 
Petrolatum 6 ounces. 
Work into an ointment and apply as directed. 
Another good one: 
Fish Oil 1 qt. 

Sulphur 1 lb. 

01 Tar 4 ounces. 

01 Turpentine 2 ounces. 
Mix. 

In chronic cases where thw blood needs alterative 
remedies he prefei'S the following: 
Fowler's Solution of Arsenic. 
Give 2 drops first day and increase 2 drops every 
day until you get to 20, then decrease 2 a day until 
you get back to 2 drops. 



;86 

"Worms. 



The man who knows how to successfully treat 
Distemper, Scratches and Worms in his dogs is pre 
pared to meet four- fifths of the troubles that he 
will encounter. These are the three bugbears of 
the canine practitioner or dog owner. For this 
reason we have devoted unusual space to the fore- 
going subjects and now we shall try to show the 
important part played by these intestinal parasites 
in producing a multitude of ills in the puppy and 
grown dog alike. 

All dogs under certain conditions are liable to be 
infested by this curse, and especially the puppy. 
Their presence is responsible for fictitious appetite, 
loss of strength and animation, dead and lusterless 
coats, chronic diarrhoeas, fits, chorea, weakness of 
loins and irregular gait. 

Dogs fed on infected, decomposing refuse foods 
are moi-e likely to eat the e^ga or ova producing 
these worms, and such dogs with impaired digestion 
and foul contents in stomach and intestinal tract 
are njore likely to develop and mature these worms. 



TiiE gentleman's dog. 8t 

Consequently a doiy; with worms necessarily has 
feeble digestion on the one hand and on the other 
is much more likely to develop the ova when in- 
troduced into his digestive tract. It is obvious 
therefore that as a preventive of worms there is 
nothing better than attention to the proper diet. 

Now when you see your puppy on a decline, with 
scrubby hair and a miserable little diarrhoea, you 
may suspicion woims. If he has a lit now and 
then along with these symptoms, yuu may be still 
more certain. Your older dog is nut as likely to 
have fits nor diarrhoea, but he may have both along 
with his bleared eyes, voracious appetite, rough 
coat, and loss of flcbh. Of course, if you notice 
worms in his defecations, it is positive proof of his 
infection. Nevertheless, the general symptoms 
will be enough to warrant the assumption that your 
dog is "wormy." 

Like many other trembles, human and canine, in 
this case the diagnosis (ascertaining what disease is 
present) is of more importance than the treatment, 
for this can be made effective quite easily with the 
proper remedies. You can buy a number of pre- 



^8 THE GP]NTLKMAn's IX)(i. 

paratioiiti under various names for expelling worms, 
and most of them are good, and if directions are 
followed will relieve the dog of his internal enemies. 
But all of them depend upon one ingredient viz: 
Santonin, the active principle of wormseed. 

You can get from your druggist a few grains or 
tahleis of Santonin, give tlie prctper dose to your 
dog— say half grain to grain and a half, according 
to age and size, and in tliree liours follow witli a 
good purge of castor oil. Some prescrihers prefer 
to give santonin and oil togetlier, hut we prefer 
giving the vermicide an hour or two ahead to kill 
the worms l)efore sweeping them out with the oil. 

Tills is all there is to worm expelliiig, in a nut 
shell, and if you have not so and so's remedy at 
hand, you will do just as well with what we have 
given you. 



:]^h,euniatisra, 



Many {)eople forget that the dog is especially 
prone to rheumatistn and goufy affections, particular- 
ly I lie well fed, miiidle aged, city dog. These ani- 
nials hy reason of insufficiint exercise, rich food 



THE GKNTLKMAN'ti DUG. 97 



Spirits TurpeDtiiie, -J gill. 
Mix and apply as above. 



©©mghs« 



The dog is subject to colds and pulmonary and 
bronchial congh, acute and chronic. 

The best line of treatment is to make the dog 
warm and comfortable, regulate iiis bowels, and 
give him a stimulating and soothing mixture. The 
cod liver oil emulsions are excellent, raw eggs are 
good, but the very best remedy for tiiis entire state 
of affairs is Glyco Heroin-Smith. Teaspoon ful three 
or four times a day. • 






TmM mo^mmmm ®@©^ 



fffr^-, LL dog owners and do": lovei-s should be pre- 
^^^y pared to treat sudden injuries and wounds to 
which the dog may be exposed. It is the unexpect- 
ed that happens, and it usually liappens wlien you 
are away from help and dependent upon yourself. 

It is unpardonable in anyone to allow a dog to 
die from loss of blood from an opeii wound or 
severed artery, or for a broken leg to be allowed to 
swing and grind its fragments until the poor dog 
can drag itself home. These things have occurred 
and may occur again with anyone who does not 
infor?!! himself and is not prepared to meet the con- 
ditions. 

The usual lacerated or incised wounds are accom.. 



THE gentleman's DOG. 99 

panied vvitli either capillary or arterial heniorrliage. 
Where no artery is cut, we have simply oozing 
(capillary hemorrhage). In such cases all that is 
necessary is to cleanse the wound with simple water, 
no soaps nor carbolic acid, and dnst on a little iodo- 
form for ordinary abraded wounds. 

If the wonnd is deeper and gaping, it shonld be 
bronght together with a compress and bandage, or 
by means of a stitch or two, and the iodoform or 
other antiseptic dressing powder sprinkled over all, 
not inside hefore drawing together^ as we would on 
an ordinary abraded or surface wound tiiat must 
heal graduall} by granulation. Bear this in mind 
for deeply cut or lacerated wounds that are brought 
together must not have any drug, chemical or 
powder left inside after closing. 

We wish to call your attention here to another 
one of the popular crazes which we liope you will 
not fall into. It is the eternal cry about germs, 
antiseptics, blood poison and the like. It is fashion- 
able nowadays to tight unseen geims, and the poor 
child and his playmate, the dog, are both to be 
pitied when they fall into the hands of the germ 



100 

crazy faddist, whether he be a fool doctor or an 
excitable layman. 

No poison applied to any wound facilitates its 
healing, and if used tv.o freely, retards and prevents 
it. Most of the germicides and antiseptics are 
poisonous and are used to kill something, and while 
they are killing the imaginary germs they may kill 
the healing processes or the dog! 

We do not discourage sanitary antisepsis in its 
proper application, but used foolishly and in the 
wrong place, so-called antiseptics liave done a world 
of harm. Your dog is sure to lick his wounds, and 
nature intended that he should, but it never intend- 
ed that he should lick carbolic acid, corrosive sub- 
limate nor formaldehyde. 

Mr. Lawson Tait, the most celebrated and success- 
ful surgeon that Englai.d ever produced, wrote us 
a little before his death that in his hundreds of 
successful abdominal operations he never used any- 
tliing about the patient l)ut plain water from the 
hydrant tap. No man in this eountr}^ or Europe 
has ever equalled Tail's sueesses. We introduce 



tHe gentleman's dog. lOl 

this to assure you that you need not poison your 
dog in trying to cure him! 

But we will get back to the subject of hemorrhage. 
If the wound has been deep and an artery lias been 
divided, hemorrhage will be rapid and abundant. 
No time is to be lott. The blood will come out in 
a stream in spurts, unless the end of the artery is 
obstructed by overlapping flesh, and then it will 
come out as a flow — a rapid, running stream. 

This kind of bleeding may be controlled in 
several ways. If it is a snjall artery and over a 
bony surface, it may be controlled by pressure 
between the open wound arid the heart; just press 
here and there until the flow is checked. Cold 
applications and pressure with lint or cotton on the 
wound itself will help. Most of the arteries in the 
legs are found on the inner sides of the legs, this is 
the phice to apply pressure. This is only safe for 
small arteries. 

A better way is to have a small pair of rattooth 
forceps and try to see the spouting place and seize 
it and twist it around once or twice. This is called 
torsion, and will quickly arrest a dangerous hemor- 



102 THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 

rliage. Anotlier most excellent way is to liave a 
curved needle (sncb as surgeons use) with a well 
waxed silk thread, and sponge or mop out the wound 
until jou see exactly the spot from which the blood 
is spouting, and then insert the point to one side of 
the artery, carrj^ it under for J inch and bring it 
out on opposite side and tie tightly across the mouth 
of the bleeding vessel. This will arrest any hem- 
orrhage. Cut one end of string short and Jet the 
other hang out of the wound. After bleeding has 
been stopped and clots and other foreign matter 
have been cleaned away, bring the edges of the 
wound together and take a few stitches with the 
same curved nee<lle and stout silk thread. Tie the 
stitches only moderately tight to allow for swelling, 
which would cause them to cut out, if very tight. 

The dressing over all should be simply dusting 
with iodoform, aristol, baby powder or soot from the 
chimney. Tyret's Antiseptic Powder, made by 
our friend, J. S.. Tyree, Washington, D. C, is the 
best thing you could get. 

You may fix your dog up all right and yet make 
a failure of his case by neglecting to provide a place 



TiiE gp]ntlkman's dog. lO^ 

wliere lie can be kept quiet and free from disturb- 
ance b}' tbe other dogs, horses or cattle about the 
premises. A sick dog or a wounded dog doesn't 
want to be played with or annoyed by other dogs 
running over liim and jumping around him. Unless 
he is in a good, safe room, he is in constant dread 
and apprehension of being walked over when unable 
to get about. So let us beg jou not to leave a 
wounded dog to shuffle for himself after you have 
dressed his injury, he needs your help more then 
tiian ever. 

In addition to wounds, the dog is liable to fractures 
and disloca'tions, wliich need prompt attention also 
A broken leg should not condemn. a dog to a life of 
uselessness nor to ue shot because it is troublesome 
to get him well. If your dog breaks his leg while 
away from home, just take him in a vehicle or on a 
stretcher and bring him home, after straightening 
the limb and wrapping a few turns of a broad 
handkerchief around it to keep it in place. 

The novice mu^t not think that no one but a 
professional man can properly adjust a broken bone. 
He may not do it as well as a veterinarian, but he 



104 

can do it well enough to make his dog comfortable 
and bring about a satisfactory cure with a perfectly 
useful leg. 

All fractures require three thins^s for successful 
unior, viz: replacement of the fragments, retaining 
them in position, and non-use of same until the 
callus or ferrule of organized plasma has been 
thrown around the broken ends and solidified. 

It is useless to* attempt to cure a broken leg and 
allow your dog to flop around and sleep on the 
porch floor or under the steps. Just what we have 
said about giving the wounded dog a safe, quiet 
place to stay in during his convalescence applies 
even more forcibly to the dog with a broken leg. 
Indeed, many cases of fracture in the smaller ani- 
mals only require that the animal should be so con- 
fined as to prevent it from attempting to travel 
about. 

The animal usually has no desire to move about 
with a broken limb, and when he is confined to 
restricted quarters and sees that he cannot get away 
he will not attempt motion in such narrow limits. 

Usually it is only necessary to pull the limb 



TtlE gentleman's DOG. l05 

straight in small dogs, make a few turns of thick 
felt clotli or canton flannel three or four inches 
wide around the broken ends; secure with safety pins 
or stitches, and confine the dog to limited quarters. 
Tins bandage must not be tight enough to produce 
congestion or swelling in the foot, but just enough 
to act as a mild support. The majority of fractures 
will be cured without deformity by this simple 
procedure. Where the dog is a large, heavy animal 
it is necessary to use more substantial means of 
retaining big bones in place. 

There are many expedients for doing this, but all 
depend upon using some adaptable device or mate- 
rial that can be moulded or fitted to the limb. We 
must straighten the leg to the length of the corres- 
ponding one, and then protect bony parts from 
pressure of retaining splint by linen compresses or 
other suitable padding. Now we can mould over 
this a suitable retaining support from sole leather, 
gutta perclia, binder's board, starch bandage or 
plaster of paris. Probably the simplest for the 
country man, aw^ay from the conveniences of the 
city, is leather or pasteboard splint. This can be 



106 

softened and brought snugly around tlie limb for 
an inch or two above and below the fracture. It 
can encircle the leg as a whole piece or be more 
elaborately made in two pieces. Some turns of a 
common bandage will hold it together or it may be 
perforated and tied nicely with slioe laces or cord. 
Remember, you must not squeeze the dog's leg, but 
allow a little room f<'r circulation. If the dog per- 
sists in getting up and moving around, it will be 
well to put a little harness or jacket around his 
shoulders and attach the bandage or retaining ap- 
paratus from its upper margin to prevent its slip- 
ping down too far, and in this manner you can 
retain a loosely fitting splint in place. 

Where the thigh bone is broken, it will be 
necessary to use more care and a broad splint mould- 
ed to embrace the whole leg. We would recommend 
the accurate moulding of a piece of leather or 
gutta percha from the dog's foot all along the an- 
terior face c>f the leg above the seat of fracture, 
good padding and the whole held up against this 
splint by ample bandage and tight enough to hold 
ri;ither well. In experienced hands, we would rec 



THE GKNTLiMAN S DOG. 



lot 



ommeiid a light plaster cast for the whole limb. 

The time required for the union of these bones 
varies from a week to three weeks, accord mg to age 
and condition of the animal. As soon as a hard 
enlargement is observed around the ends of the 
bones, the retaining apparatus may be removed, 
but the dog should only be allowed moderate ex- 
ercise for a week or two longer. 



<\(:^ 



MM HE WHISTLE.— While it is proper to train 
^1^ your dog to obey your spoken commands, it is a 
matter of importance to train him always to come to 
your wliistle. In this way he can be made to hear 
at a far greater distance than he would hear the 
voice and it would be no strain to you to sound the 
wl)istle. You should use the little shrill metal or 
hard rubber pocket whistle. 

When a dog has been trained to come to tlie 
whistle he will return to his master upon hearing it 
more promptly than from any other call. 

Rktkieving Fkom Watkk. — Every dog should be 
encouraged to be fond of taking water, playing in 
it and retrieving from it. Frequently it will happen 



THK gentleman's IX)G. 109 

that game will fall into a river or lake wliere the 
dog is the only one to get it. If your dog has been 
made fund of water by throwing sticks in and hav- 
ing him swim about after them and bringing tliem 
out to yon, he will readily plunge in and bring your 
duck or bird when ordered in by a wave of the 
hand with or witliout the w(^rd "fetch." 

Don't Lend Youk Dog Out. — The owner of a 
good dog should think enough of him not to lend 
him to the best friend he has on earth. More dogs 
have been spoiled and ruined by being handled and 
hunted by men of different dispositions than in any 
other way. If a friend must hunt with your dog, 
see that he hunts with ijou and your dog. This is 
the only safe way,' for everybody's dog is nobody's 
dog, and the first one to find it out is the dog himself. 

A truly loyal dog wiil not follow anyone but his 
master if his master has gained his affection. 

We had a dog, dear old Hunter, to whose memo- 
ry we have dedicated this book, who was the most 
enthusiastic hunter we ever knew, and yet lie would 
only hunt with us. If we were shooting in company 
with others and dropped out he would leave the field 



110 the'gentleman's dog. 

promptly wlien he discovered we were not hIod^. 

Sore Feet. — Until a dosj o^ets his feet ton^h and 
hard he is likely to suffer very much in the com- 
mencement of the hunting season from tender feet. 
The best thing we have ever tried for this is Mr. 
Haberlein's suggestion in the Amateur Trainei^: 

"During some weeks before actual work afield 
shall commence, frequently give your dog I'uns of 
moderate duration at first, increasing time and dis- 
tance at each subsequent run. This will put a good 
solid padding on the dog's feet. If cracks are 
noticed to appear on the sole, besmear them with a 
little castor oil or vaseline. After a tough, thick 
sole has been produced, procure some pine tar, soft- 
en this to the consistency of a sjriip, pour onto a 
board or tin plate -^-^ of an inch deep and set dog's 
foot in it, withdraw and set foot firmly down in a 
pan of dust taken from a dusty road devoid of 
sand. Treat each foot in this manner for three con- 
secutive days before starting out on a hunting trip, 
and redip once a week thereafter, and you will nev- 
er be bothered by a lame dog, caused l)j wearing 
Ills feet sore." 



THE GKNTLKMAn's DOG. Ill 

Bkiaks and Bukks. — Many an cnthiifc^iastic dog 
has been handicapped in his work and made to snf. 
fer beverely by liaving a briar or thorn in his foot 
wliere he conld not remove it, or a burr deeply 
matted in his hair and grinding down upon sensi- 
tive bleeding flesh. 

'Now l)rother huntsman, when you see your dog 
stop and lie down and try to get something out of 
liis foot, don't leave it all to liim. Do just as one 
of your family would for you if you had a sphnter 
in your liatid — help him get it out! The same in- 
junction applies to burrs under a tender ear. 

The Collar — .Always see that the dog has com- 
fortable room in his collar. When buckled around 
liis neok run your liand through and see that it can 
easily move around between collar and dog's neck. 
See that it is wide enough to prevent twisting and 
cutting under strain, and see that tliere are no riv- 
ets or projections to hurt liim. This looks like a 
sim|)l(^ matter, but these little tilings neglected im- 
p;ni- the best work of your dog besides giving him 
unnecessai-y pain and annoyance. 



M MikT^mA,!, MOMM MWH^EB, 




E have told our readers a good deal about 
^•^]ijlg-(l training the hunting dog, which would in- 
dicate that a dog must be trained to be of any ac- 
count. Now in tlie main if this were not true we 
would have but little claim (.n the great army of 
huntsmen to buy this humble little volume. 

But there are exceptions to all rules and these ex- 
ceptions make a fellow^ sit up and think now and then. 

We are going to take enough of your time to 
tell you about an untrained dog that we were ac 
quainted with and whose exploits we published in 
that admirable sportsman's journal, Field and 
Stream^ of New York. We reproduce it from the 
November, 1905 issue: 



THE gentleman's dog. 113 

"good blood bom k where. 
ILiviiig had considerable experience afield with 
bird dogs of varied accomplishments, pedigrees, 
training records, and other supposed necessary qual- 
ities to make them good hunters, I have naturally 
made sojne comparisons now and then between 
these favored canines and the common run of 
" pick ups" found here and there at the farmhouses 
all over our state, and who are of uncertain lineage 
and utterly unknown to fame. 

I have so frequently been astounded at the good 
work done by these unkempt dogs that I sometimes 
wonder if many good dogs are not overtrained, and 
maybe overbred ! It is a fact well know that many 
of our best men in all walks in life are self made 
men, and certainly some of the very best dogs I 
have known have l)een essentially self broken and 
self developed. 

1 recall the fact that some autumns ago I went to 
a gentleman's house in a nearby county to hunt 
partridg(;s, but as both of my dogs were sick, I re- 
lied U[)on finding some kind of a dog at his place. 
He seemed surprised that I had not brought my 



114 THE gentleman's DOG. 

do^s with mo, but said lie had a "ping of a dog" 
that might help out after a fashion. The animal 
was certainly one of very unprepossessing appear- 
ance. He was a kind of sorrel setter, with a de- 
cided suspicion of a bull dog cross about iiis face, 
lie looked slieepish and guilty, and had a woebe- 
gone eye. The poor fellow had been taking pot 
luck with his master, who was a good fellow, but a 
bachelor, aud even a dog would not be expected to 
be happy and sleek under the domestic manage- 
ment of a bachelor. 

After dinner we concluded to take a little round 
after the birds, and calling the dog out from under 
the house, my friend tossed him two little piec?s of 
corn bread and bade him "git out." The dog shook 
the aslies and feathers out of his coat and exhibited 
considerable ijiterest as he saw our guns. He 
struck out ahead of ns and dodged off into a w^ell- 
covered field from which ^rain had been cut. In a 
little while he made a very respectable stand, and I 
advancjjd aiid was getting ready to flush the covey, 
when my friend said, ''No birds there, — he stands 
moles too.'' Sure enough the dog roached his back 



THE gentleman's DOG. 115 

and pounced down with botli fcrepawe and dug out 
a mole in short order. Soon the do^j made another 
stand, and I ambled on ready for a rise, when iiis 
master said: "1 think that is a hare." It proved to 
be an old hare and our bird dog gave him as lively 
a chase as I have ever observed. 

In the course of fifteen or twenty minutes tlie 
dog returned and commenced hunting the field cure- 
fully and soon came to a dead stand. 

"They are there," said my friend in a confident 
manner. 

And they were there, and a beautiful covey it 
was. 

In a two hours' hunt this peculiar dog's work was 
perfectly beautiful, he finding covey after covey and 
standing single birds as staunchly as he did the 
coveys, never flushing under any circumstances, and 
while he would not retrieve in the usual vvay he 
would find every dead or crippled bird and stand 
over him until we came and got it. I never saw a 
more unpromising looking dog, nor have I ever 
hunted with a better one. 

My friend, Mr. Walter Harrison, living near Ash- 



116 

hnd, Yd., liad a puppy tliat he took into the field 
last fall at ten months of age for the first time. 
Previous to this time, the pnppy had never been 
trained a day in any nianner, nor had he ever seen a 
bird; he had jnst loitered around the farmhouse 
with the hounds and curs and run as he pleased. 

Mr. Harrison took him out alone one afternoon 
to see what he would do. The little fellow soon 
stood a covey and held them like a "Stonewall," to 
use a favorite Southern expression, and when Mr. 
Harrison came up and kicked them up and shot a 
couple of them, the puppy stood his ground until 
the two birds fell and ti en without a word of com- 
mand went and got each bird and brought them to 
his master. He stood three coveys that afternoon 
and a number of singles, never flushed a bird, and 
retrieved every one killed. And he has kept this 
behavior np ever since. Mr. Harrison lias never 
fonnd it necessarj^ to speak to him or give him any 
sort of command, for he does everything that he 
should do, and does it well. 

The lesso?! that we draw from these experiences 
IS that a uian must gam the confidence of his dog, 



lit 



associate with him, and let him fully understand by 
observation what is wanted, rather than hamper him 
by constant watching and training in narrow limits. 
The next observation that we have made is that 
'blood will tell," even in a dog. 



w&J^m MimmHiB, @i> TrimeiMiAii 



^^^p E cjine near closing this book and making 
^fl^ a big mistake; for any man living in Vir- 
ginia who writes a "dog book" with Polk Miller 
left out would be giving the pudding with all the 
sauce left off. We are going to give you just a 
glance at him to save ourselves, bless his dear old 
heart ! 

Polk Miller is one of the South's most popular 
humorists. He has been in the drug business in 
Richmond just fifty years. He is the President of 
the Polk Miller Drug Co., of this city. His son, 
W. Withers Miller, is the Secretary and Treasur- 
er, and is in fact the real thing when it comes to 
running the business, but now and then he goes off 



THE gentleman's DOG. Il9 

on business, or pleasure trips, and the "old man" 
takes charge of things. They do a large mail order 
business in dog medicines, and one day, in the 
absence of the son, Polk concluded he would get out 
a circular to send to the druggists at large, and here 
It is : 

"The Dam Fool Druggist." 

We get orders by mail from every quarter of the 
United States, and on shipping the goods, we fol- 
low it up with a letter which reads as follows: 

"Please get your neai'est druggist to keep our 
goods in stock." 

A man in Ohio who had sent in ten letters en- 
closing money, and four telegrams, asking thetn to 
hurry the shipment, received one of these letters of 
advice after each shipment, and wrote back as fol- 
lows : ^You keep on writing me to get my nearest 
druggist to order your goods, and I have seen the 
dam fool druggist, but he won't order. ' 

Are you one of that kind? If so, we'll remind 
you that it is a peculiarity of some people to love 
dogs. You may think the^^ are "dam fools," but it 
won't do to tell 'em so, particularly if the dog 



1^0 

owner should be a woman, for she would continue 
to love her dog, wliile you would i-oost very low, in 
her estimation." 

About the time that Polk Miller's printer had 
struck off 100 of the circulars, the son, who is of a 
dignified mien, and is "business all over", came into 
the office, and the 100 circulars are hid away until 
the son can see the humor in it! 

Some more of his foolishness: 

^^'s GwiNE Die Suh." 

Polk Miller's latest darkey story is on an old man 
whom he found sleeping at a station, waiting, as he 
was, for a belated train. The old fellow's head was 
thrown back with his mouth wide open, and he was 
snoring so loud that it sounded as if some one was 
grinding coffee. The attention of a score or more 
of passengers was called to him, and a mischievous 
drummer slipped up and dropped, far back into his 
mouth, a ten grain powder of quinine. He then 
aroused him and asked where he was going? The 
old negro's face began to show signs of distress and 
ft^ar as he hawked and spat upon the ground, and 
said " Boss, is dar a Doctor 'bout here?" "No, 



THE gentleman's DOG. 1^1 

there's no doctor liere, what do you want with a 
doctor, old man?" "Well siili, I's gwine ter die." 
"What makes jou think so?" said the drummer, 
"i knows I's gwine ter die, kase my gall is done 
busted !'' 



^(^^^^Q^ 



mmTTmm ^^s^n mQmmMmm, 



KS^ HERE are men in this world wlio are iii- 
=M^. clined to speak disrespcctfuliy and unkindly 



of huntsmen as a class. They classify thfm as 
"loafers" or "trespassers," and seem to think that 
the only mission of man is to grind on forever with- 
out a moment's recreation until the last call catches 
liim with his hand on the other fellow's dollar! 
You will hear them say, "I don't see how Jones can 
keep a dog, a pretty gun, and take whole days off 
from his business and keep his bills paid, when it is 
all I can do to keep buckle and tongue together 
when I never miss a day from my business." 

Well now the secret is just this: Jones is the 
better man of the two — he is more successful in 



,123 

business because lie ligbtens and brightens liis heart 
by going out and enjoying a whole glorious day 
over the brown and- fragrant fields, through the 
bright tinted woods and along the purling brook. 
He has rustled around and inhaled the fragrance of 
the pungent pine, and "life everlastin." 

He lias been reminded of his days back at t}\e 
farm, has retrod his steps from manhood to boyhood 
and sat down by the old '' Ushing liole" where he 
hooked his fii-st minnows; he has come back by the 
the ol<i pasture path along by the foot of the old gar- 
den and paused under the willow tree drooping over 
a lone mound — he has lingered long enough to lean 
on the old crumbling rail and go away back to the 
memory of the dear one resting there under that 
mound. Perhaps he utters reverently the word 
"mother" and wipes away a tear. 

Jones may not have as many questionable dollars 
as old skinflint, but when the boatm vn calls for 
Jones to take his last trip, there'll be no trouble 
about the toll. 



CQ'M'EmMT^, 



PREFACE ..... 

Character and Disposition ... .9 

How to Feed the Puppy . ... 16 

The Puppy's Bed . . . . - .23 

The Bath 26 

Exercise ..... .30 

Training the Puppy ... .33 

Time for Training . . . . .40 

In the Field . ... .43 

Treating the Sick Dog . . . . .56 



IJNTDEX. 



General Diseases . .... 61 

Diarrhoea . , . . . 67 

Dysentery ..... 69 

Distemper . . . . ,72 

Mange — ( Scratches) .... 80 

Worms ..... 86 

Eheumatism . . . .88 

St. Vitus' Dance ( Chorea) . . 91 

Convulsions or Fits . , . .94 

Lice ..... 95 

Cough . . , . .97 

The Wounded Dog . . . .98 

Arrest of Hemorrrhage . . .101 

Dressing of Wounds . . . 103 

Fracture of Bones . . . .103 

Treatment of Same . . . 104 

Pointers . . . . .108 

The Whistle .... 108 



Retrieving from Water . . . 108 

Don't Lend Your Dog Out . . 109 

Sore Feet . . . .110 

Briars and Burrs . . . Ill 

The Collar . . . .111 

A Natural Born Hunter .... 118 

Polk Miller of Virginia . . . 118 

Better Than Dollars . . . .119 




THE SWEETEST LITTLE PRESENT 

you could give 
any lady or relative is a lovely copy of 

KITTY DIXON 

A WEE BIT OP LOVE AND WAR 

in 

Blue and Gray and Gold 
by 



C. A. BKYCE, A. M., M. D. 



at 
ScUTHKKN Clinic, 



Richmond, Ya. 



IF YOU FEEL BLUE 

and begin to think that you and Old Sport have 

about hunted the field over, your liver is 

wrong. A good laugh will help it and 

many laughs will cure the case. 

Ups and Downs of a Virginia Doctor 

by c. ^. jbryce, j^. 1s(l., jvl. id., 
Will Furnish the Remedy. 



The records show that four persons have laughed 

themselves to death already, but thousands 

have been saved by it and 

you can chance it. 



PRICE ONE DOLLAR. 

Send direct to the old fellow himself for it. 

Dr. BRYCE, 

Southern Clinic, 

Richmond, Ya 



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